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stacked of homemade blue corn tortillas wrap in dish cloth in a tortilla warmer

Blue Corn Tortillas

These homemade blue corn tortillas are delicious and so easy to make at home with simply two ingredients. Once you start making tortillas at home you won't want to buy store bought tortillas again.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 10 tortillas

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Blue Corn Tortilla
  • 1 cup warm water (+ more as needed)
  • pinch Kosher salt (optional)

Instructions
 

  • In a large mixing bowl add 1 cup of blue corn masa harina and slowly start adding the warm water. Knead the dough for about 4-5 minutes. The dough should feel like fresh play-dough. If the dough is sticking to your hands, sprinkle some more masa. If the dough is too crumbly add a little bit of water.
  • Start rolling the masa harina into small golf size balls. Cover and rest the rolled masa balls with a damp kitchen towel or damp paper towel and set aside for at least 10 minutes. Heat a griddle, comal or skillet on medium high heat.
  • Lined the tortilla press using a quart size ziploc bag, a produce bag or parchment paper. Grab a masa dough ball and place on the middle of the lined tortilla press and press slowly down. Remove from tortilla press and gently remove the plastic wrap and place on the hot griddle. If the tortilla does not easily come off the plastic wrap the dough could be too wet or tortilla is too thin. Try rolling it again and pressing.
  • Cook each side for 35-40 seconds. After flipping the first time the tortillas will start to puff up. Flip 3 times until fully cooked through. Transfer to a tortilla warmer and continue to cook the rest of the tortillas. Tortillas will be a bit stiff off the griddle, but once they've been sitting wrapped with a kitchen towel in the tortilla warmer they will release some steam and they will become pliable and soft.

Notes

Why are corn tortillas not puffing up? Your dough could be too dry or you might be pressing the tortillas too thin. Try pressing the edges and the middle of the tortilla with a small spatula or carefully press with your hands. I find that this really helps the tortillas puff. W
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