Homemade Tortillas

I'm not really into Mexican food. I've lived in Wisconsin all my life. And I'm allergic to peppers. 

Because of this culinary loss I have never experienced a homemade tortilla. Some day this year I saw Robert Rodriguez's Meals in 10 Minutes. One of them included homemade flour tortillas and it looked so easy I tried it and have been fooling with it since then. 

This recipe from Joe Pastry brought it all up again. 

My usual: 

2c flour

1tsp salt

1c water

1/3-1/2c butter or vegetable oil (you can use shortening but I never have any)

Roll into balls and let rest under a towel.

Love my French rolling pin. 

Preheat the pan. It should be hot when you throw the tortilla in.

Sometimes you need a little help to get them up when they're rolled thin. 

They start to bubble up when they're ready to turn over.

I usually just pick it up with my fingers and flip it. Of course a tongs would work too.

That's it. The boys eat them as fast as I can make them. They also reheat (30 sec in the microwave) great the next day. Great with lettuce, spinach, olive oil, and a dash of real basalmic vinegar. Yum. Once you have homemade it's hard to go back.