Sourdough Tortillas


Makes 8 Tortillas


200 grams (1 ⅝ cups) All purpose flour

50 grams (¼ cup) Sourdough Starter or discard 

100 grams (½  cup) Water 

30 grams (⅛ cup) Olive Oil 

5 grams (1 tsp) Salt


Pour all the ingredients in a mixing bowl, mix with a whisk until there are no dry spots remaining in the dough. Use hands to mix the dough in your bowl until all the ingredients are well incorporated into the dough. Remove the dough from the bowl and start kneading it for about 10  minutes on your working table.

Get a dough scraper and divide the dough in 8 equal pieces or smaller. Make balls with the dough by rolling the dough on your working table and apply enough tension to the dough to develop the gluten in your dough. Place the balls of dough on a baking sheet and cover them with a wet kitchen towel, let the dough rest for about 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, shape the tortillas. Get a ball of dough and sprinkle some flour on your working table and on your dough. Press your dough firmly with your hand to form a disc shape. Then grab a rolling pin and start extending your dough to the sides, make sure to keep the circular shape. It takes practice to make perfectly round tortillas the trick is to start from the center of the dough and work your way out to the extremes of the dough but not all the way to the edge of the dough and then rotate your dough and repeat the same process. 

I recommend you place your shaped tortillas on sheets of parchment paper or wax paper if you don't have previous experience making tortillas, cover the dough with another sheet of parchment paper.

Cook the tortillas in a hot pan (no oils), place the tortillas on the hot pan and wait around 10 seconds, then flip the tortilla around and wait until you see bubbles, now flip the tortilla again and the tortilla should inflate by itself, that means that all the steam inside of the tortilla is cooking your dough perfectly inside. Then flip the tortilla around once more and you can press the steam out of the tortillas to make sure all the edges of the dough are well cooked. Place the tortillas in a kitchen towel to keep them warm.

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