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White Masa (Nixtamalised) Flour for Tortillas, 1kg

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Make your own tortillas easily with this naturally white maize which has been nixtamalised (outer coating of the maize softened and removed) making it ready for you to make with your Victoria Tortilla Press.

Ingredients: nixtamalised ground white maize (non GMO)
Allergy Advice: Made in a factory that handles nuts, peanuts and sesame

Nutritional information / 100g

Energy 365kcal / 1528kj
Fat 3.8g
...of which saturates 0.5g
Carbohydrate 76.3g
...of which sugars 0.6g
Fibre 0g
Protein 9.3g
Salt 0.01g

 

Tortilla Recipe

Ingredients:
300g BakeryBits White Masa Flour
350g water
 
Makes about 20x 6”, 13x 8” or 11x 10” tortillas using a Victoria tortilla press.
 
Method:

  1. Mix the Masa flour and water with your hands or a dough whisk for about 2 minutes to form a soft dough. Add a little water if the dough is dry.
  2. Divide the dough into portions suitable for the size of your Tortilla press about 30g for the 6.5” press, 45g for the 8” press and 65g for the 10” press.
  3. Using two pieces of baking parchment the size of your press, put a ball of the dough between them into the press
  4. Press the tortilla until it fills the press plate.
  5. Peel off the tortilla and cook on a medium-hot griddle (or large skillet) turning 2 or 3 times.
  6. Keep cooked tortillas covered to keep them warm and soft.
     
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