Soft Sourdough Tortillas

I wanted some soft tortillas with dinner.

 

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup (60g) white whole wheat flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon instant yeast
• 2 tablespoons olive oil 
• 8 ounces sourdough starter
  (or 4 ounces water + 4 ounces all-purpose flour)

Instructions:

1. Pulse together flour, baking powder, salt and yeast in a food processor.
2. Pulse in the oil.
3. Add in the sourdough starter, and whirr together until the sourdough and flour are well mixed together. (Whirr for 2 or 3 minutes.)
4.  Move the dough to a small oiled bowl, and allow it to rest for 10 minutes to an 1 hour.
5. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and divide it into 4 pieces.
   (about 80 grams per ball)
6. Gently fold each piece into a small disk - let rest for 10 minutes or so with plastic cover.
7. Preheat a heavy skillet or griddle at medium high heat on the stove.
8. Roll or press the pieces into 6" circles. (I used my tortilla press.)
9. Heat the tortillas for 2 minutes on the dry skillet - they should develop some brown spots, and may bubble up bit.
10. Flip the tortillas, and cook them for 1 more minute so both sides brown a bit.
11. Remove the tortillas from the skillet, then stack then and wrap them in a clean dishtowel
    (this helps them soften). 
12. Repeat with the remaining dough.

Carole's Notes:

We liked these! They were kind of a puffy tortilla - I probably did not need to add the yeast. They may need a couple of tablespoons more flour to make a thinner tortilla.

The recipe is adapted from https://carolelikesroundfood.blogspot.com/2020/03/golden-pita-bread.html and https://www.growforagecookferment.com/sourdough-tortillas/