Cutting Board Tortilla Press
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Cutting Board Tortilla Press
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I have a pretty small kitchen and that means limited cabinet space. This forces me to pick and choose my kitchen utensils wisely.
For how often I make tortillas, I just couldn't justify taking up a bunch of space with a tortilla press.
Not only that, I have used some cast iron presses with warped faceplates which makes creating a tortilla of uniform thickness pretty hard.
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This is a quick way to create a tortilla press out of objects you already have in your kitchen.
Tools
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Cutting Board (2)
Ziplock Bag (Gallon)
Scissors
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Tortilla Dough
Cut Bag
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- Cut the two sides of the ziplock bag.
This bag is going to line the inside of your press for easy removal of tortillas.
Set Up
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- Take your ziplock bag and cover the bottom cutting board with half of it.
- The middle of the bag should line up with the edge of the bottom board.
- Put dough ball in middle of board and tamp down slightly.
- Flip ziplock over the top of dough ball.
Press
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- Take the second board and press down on top of dough ball.
- Try to keep pressure even.
- Remove top board.
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Note: You may have to rock back and forth a little to spread dough out to a tortilla thickness.
Peel Tortilla
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- Peel the top half of ziplock away from the tortilla.
- It should peel away easy. If not, your dough is too wet.
- Pick up bottom half of ziplock with tortilla and press up on edge slightly to raise tortilla away from the plastic.
- Carefully peel tortilla away and set aside.
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Repeat with remaining dough balls.