Not many people know that tortilla is not only a Mexican national dish, but also Spanish. In Mexico, tortillas are served instead of bread and used to prepare other dishes. In Spain, tortillas are cooked in a slightly different way - this is a kind of omelet filled with potatoes and other vegetables. From our article you will learn the tortilla recipe and the little tricks of cooking delicious cakes with different fillings.

How to make a tortilla cake yourself

What Mexican food without tortilla? After all, these thin corn or wheat cakes are a real symbol of Mexico. In any store you can buy ready-made tortillas, but they are completely tasteless and at the same time very dry. Therefore, it is better to cook them at home, especially since the simplest ingredients are needed for tortillas.

In Mexico, tortillas are cooked with pork fat, but if you don’t have such an ingredient, you can use regular oil.

Ingredients:

  • 260 g flour;
  • one and a half tsp baking powder and salt;
  • three tablespoons of pork fat;
  • 170 ml of warm water.

Cooking method:

  1. Combine the flour with a cultivator and salt, add pork fat and grind the ingredients into crumbs. By the way, you can cook pork fat yourself - just melt a piece of lard or bacon.
  2. Then pour in water and knead smooth dough. Cover it with cling film and leave for ten minutes.
  3. After, divide the base into eight equal pieces, cover again and wait another five minutes.
  4. Roll each serving into a thin circle 2 mm thick, cook cakes in a hot pan for one minute on each side.

Mexican tortilla with beans and corn

Tortillas can be varied with any filling, for example, vegetable, from corn and beans. By the way, beans are often used in Mexican cuisine for cooking different dishes.

Ingredients:

  • six tortilla cakes;
  • can of beans (canned);
  • 320 g of corn (canned);
  • a spoonful of sugar;
  • two tsp olive oil;
  • 160 g of cheese;
  • 130 ml Salsa sauce.

Cooking method:

  1. In heated oil, fry beans and corn, then sprinkle them with sugar, add a little red pepper and pour the sauce. Stew the contents of the pan for five minutes.
  2. Then we lay out the filling, wipe the pan dry and put a tortilla in it, put the grated cheese and the filling on half the tortilla, cover it with the second half and fry the workpiece on each side for two minutes.
  3. Serve the finished tortillas with sour cream or Salsa sauce.

Cooking according to the Spanish recipe

If you believe the story, the first tortillas appeared not in Mexico, but in Spain during the Carlist wars, when one of the generals stopped for the night with one hostess. He did not know how to feed his hungry army, but the woman gave him an omelet from potatoes and eggs to try - so the general’s problem was solved.

Spanish tortilla is different from Mexican (it is also called potato), and is one of the options for making omelet.

Ingredients:

  • six potato tubers;
  • four eggs;
  • salt and olive oil for frying.

Cooking method:

  1. Peeled potato tubers need to be cut into small pieces with a thickness of not more than one centimeter.
  2. We spread the vegetable on heated oil and fry until soft. The main thing is that the potatoes do not burn, otherwise the dish will be spoiled.
  3. Then spread the potatoes, drain the excess fat
  4. In a bowl, shake the eggs with salt, and then mix the resulting composition with potatoes.
  5. On a preheated skillet with a small amount of oil, spread the egg-potato mixture and level it over the entire surface of the pan. Fry for 15 minutes. If the bottom is well browned, then carefully turn the workpiece to the other side and also brown.
  6. We serve Spanish tortilla in hot or cold form.

With chicken and vegetables

Tortilla with chicken and vegetables can replace a full meal. Crispbread, meat, vegetables and aromatic sauce - what else is needed for a delicious meal?

Ingredients:

  • two cakes;
  • 220 g of poultry breast;
  • one tomato and one sweet pepper;
  • two garlic cloves;
  • 0.5 tsp Chile;
  • tomato sauce;
  • 130 ml sour cream;
  • lettuce leaves.

Cooking method:

  1. First, fry the pieces of meat until cooked.
  2. Then prepare a sauce of sour cream, chopped garlic and chili.
  3. Soak the tortilla with sour cream dressing, put lettuce on it, then pieces of chicken and vegetables. Wrap the tortilla and serve with tomato sauce

With chicken and cheese

Tortilla has been cooked for more than one century, during this time the dish has undergone many changes, and thereby acquired new shades of tastes and aromas. Therefore, now, without a twinge of conscience, moving away from the classical recipe, we will prepare an appetizing tortilla with tender chicken meat and cheese.

Ingredients:

  • two cakes;
  • one fillet;
  • a handful of spinach leaves;
  • two garlic cloves;
  • half a cup of sour cream;
  • a spoon of ketchup;
  • 60 g of cheese;
  • two tablespoons of flour.

Cooking method:

  1. Cut the fillet into small cubes, pass the garlic through a press and fry the ingredients until the meat is ready.
  2. Then pour sour cream into the stewpan, put the grated cheese and pour in the flour, cook the sauce until thickened.
  3. Take a tortilla, spread it with cheese sauce and ketchup, put spinach leaves and pieces of fried chicken with garlic. Wrap the cake and serve.

With juicy minced meat

If you have a difficult day ahead, then prepare a Mexican tortilla with minced meat and three types of sauce for breakfast.

Ingredients:

  • two cakes;
  • 220 g minced meat;
  • bulb;
  • clove of garlic;
  • 80 g of corn (canned);
  • two tomatoes in their own juice;
  • ten pitted olives;
  • lettuce;
  • 120 g of cheese;
  • a spoon of sour cream.

Ingredients for Avocado Sauce:

  • one avocado;
  • one tomato.

Ingredients for spicy sauce:

  • two garlic cloves;
  • three tablespoons of mayonnaise;
  • a bunch of greenery.

Cooking method:

  1. First of all, prepare the avocado sauce. To do this, remove the peel from the tomato and avocado, cut the pulp of the tomato into small cubes, and mash the avocado pulp with a fork. Then we mix the ingredients, add salt and pepper to taste.
  2. For hot dressing, mix mayonnaise with chopped garlic cloves and herbs.
  3. Now we are preparing the filling for the tortilla. In sunflower oil, overcook the minced meat with chopped onion and garlic.
  4. Ten minutes later we put thin slices of olives together with chopped tomatoes and corn. Salt, pepper, simmer for a couple of minutes and remove from heat.
  5. Put a tortilla in a pan, sprinkle one half with grated cheese and spread the filling. We close the second half - the shape of the workpiece resembles a large dumpling.
  6. Fry a cake with filling on both sides until golden.
  7. On a flat wide dish we spread lettuce leaves and spread tortillas on them, next we place bowls with sauces: a spoonful of sour cream, spicy and avocado sauce.

Spicy dish with cheese and garlic

We offer all lovers of spicy dishes to cook spicy tortilla with garlic, two types of cheese and vegetables.

Ingredients:

  • two cakes;
  • 120 g of hard cheese;
  • 60 g of cream cheese;
  • two eggs;
  • four garlic cloves;
  • Bulgarian pepper;
  • two tablespoons of mayonnaise.

Cooking method:

  1. We take two types of cheese, chop and mix with minced garlic.
  2. Boil the eggs, cut into small cubes and send them to the rest of the ingredients.
  3. We cut the pepper like eggs, pour into the total mass, add mayonnaise, salt and a mixture of ground peppers to taste. Mix.
  4. We spread the filling on the tortilla and curl. The appetizer can be served cold or fried lightly in a dry pan.

Tortilla Fruit Filling

Tortilla can be not only a hearty snack, but also a sweet dessert. For the filling, you can take any fruit, as well as cottage cheese or chocolate cheese.

Ingredients:

  • tortilla
  • one pear, a banana and a kiwi;
  • a few drops of honey;
  • French Brie cheese;
  • chocolate cheese "Philadelphia".

Cooking method:

  1. Put the sliced ​​pear and Brie cheese on one cake, make a few drops of honey on it, and turn it over.
  2. We spread the second tortilla with chocolate cheese, spread the pieces of kiwi and banana. Also collapse.
  3. Fry fruit tortilla in butter (vegetable) oil.

Traditionally, Mexican tortillas are cooked on cornmeal, but always with the addition of wheat. After cooking, sprinkle unsweetened cakes with red pepper - so you can feel like a real Mexican.

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