Simple flour tortillas
- 2 cups of flour
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 tablespoon of oil
- 1 cup of water
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder (optional)
Corn tortillas using canned corn.
This is good for those of us living in places where you can't get all the ingredients for real corn tortillas.
Rye bread recipe
Ingredients for Rye Bread
- 1 kg rye flour
- 20 g fresh yeast
- 800 ml tepid water
- 20 g sea salt
How to make Rye Bread
- Preheat your oven to 200C.
- Dissolve the yeast in a little of the tepid water.
- Mix the salt with the rye flour then make a well and mix in the dissolved yeast.
- Make a well in the rye flour and pour the dissolved yeast and the remainder of the tepid water into this.
- Knead together for about 20 minutes until smooth then leave to rise for 2 hours in a warm place.
- Knead the dough lightly then make a round loaf and leave it to rise with the folded side rather than the smooth side facing up.
- After 30 minutes flatten the dough once more then turn it and leave it to rise for a further 30 minutes.
- Place a small container of water in the bottom of your oven and bake the loaf for 25 minutes.
- Turn the oven down to 180C and bake for 10 more minutes.
- When ready the Rye bread will make a dry hollow sound as you tap it with you knuckles. Leave to cool on a wire rack.