Beautiful craftsmanship, beautiful tortillas
I bought this tortilla press for my husband's birthday last year, and we use it about once a week to press a couple dozen corn tortillas. It makes perfect corn tortillas every time, and I'm learning how to fine-tune my recipe and technique to vary thickness, fluffiness, crispiness, and size. It responds well to different pressures. I use either a piece of folded parchment, or a zip top bag with cut side seams--it makes it a lot easier to remove extra-thin dough. Recently, my husband and I decided to try our hand at flour tortillas, but we cut corners thinking we could just use the press--we quickly discovered that's not how it works. Ask any abuelita out there, and they'll laugh at you for thinking 1) you'll get the same delicious results using oil instead of lard, 2) you can skip steps like working the dough into disks, or letting it rest, and 3) you can use a press instead of rolling it out with a dowel or rolling pin. Mine certainly found my naivety and laziness quite entertaining.<br /><br />Did I mention the press is beautiful? Because it is.
Rating: 5 stars