@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year ago[Homemade] Flour Tortillas. Possibly the first, possibly the only, tortillas made with Bordier butter.lemmy.worldmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1160
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•1 year agoBecause butter tastes amazing, not everyone likes using lard, or pork products in general.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoMy excuse is lard and vegetable shortening is hard to get here. My reason is butter is great.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoThey can be made with oil, but my oil ones never really set up properly.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoRight. If something needs saturated fats I don’t automatically switch to oil because of those kinds of reasons
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoMaybe try vegetable shortening for a veggiesaurus version? Might set up better than oil.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI think it’s pretty common to make flour tortillas with some incorporated fat, unlike corn tortillas.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoTIL that tortillas are made with fat. Always thought its just flour, water and salt (and maybe yeast or something)
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But why butter at all?
Because butter tastes amazing, not everyone likes using lard, or pork products in general.
My excuse is lard and vegetable shortening is hard to get here. My reason is butter is great.
A vegetarian option?
They can be made with oil, but my oil ones never really set up properly.
Right. If something needs saturated fats I don’t automatically switch to oil because of those kinds of reasons
Maybe try vegetable shortening for a veggiesaurus version? Might set up better than oil.
I think it’s pretty common to make flour tortillas with some incorporated fat, unlike corn tortillas.
TIL that tortillas are made with fat. Always thought its just flour, water and salt (and maybe yeast or something)