Homemade Gluten Free Tortillas
Equipment
- Tortilla Press
Ingredients
- 4 cups steamed white potato
- 1 cup cassava flour
- Optional: sea salt, dried thyme
Instructions
- Peel the potatoes
- Steam the potatoes and then mash them smooth.
- Add cassava flour and mix together to make dough.
- Form into small balls, place in between two pieces of plastic wrap and press flat with tortilla press.
- Peel off the plastic wrap and place tortilla in a non-stick frying pan to cook. No oil needed.
- Cook on medium until there are golden brown spots, then flip and cook the other side to equal amount
- Stack on top of one another on a serving plate and eat immediately or cover and place them in the refrigerator for later.
Notes
Notes for gf tortillas:
-I use organic local potatoes and organic cassava flour from the Bob’s Mill brand so that these are organic gluten free tortillas. Cassava flour instead of regular flour makes these flourless tortillas.
-The proportions on this are approximately 3 part potato to 1 part cassava flour. I found the best consistency is when there is no water add and that the potato is the only part of the binding and wetting of the dough. If you do add water and then more cassava flour, tweaking it until you find a good consistency it will have less dexterity and become more fragile. The potato really helps to act a a bind and keep the tortillas together making them more flexible and sturdy.
-If the wraps are cooked longer than you think they should be and one or both sides seems hard when you pick it up off the pan, don’t worry, as the wraps cools off on the serving plate it will soften as the steam absorbs back into it. Also the potato has an uncanny way of keeping these wraps soft and pliable.
-I think that these wraps are best eaten when fresh as the refrigeration process can make them more stiff. However, if you reheat them wrapped in a damp towel in either the microwave or oven they are still good. Be watchful over the towel as it is flammable and liable to catch fire if over heated. Also be careful to not burn yourself on the steam from the damp towel, please use an oven mitt while handling it.