Home Made Tortillas (Low In Food Chemicals)

Photo: Oscar's Mum

Ingredients

Miss Roben's Tortilla Mix

Sunflower oil

Water

Canola oil Spray

Chicken meatballs (refer to link)

Refried beans (refer to link)

Iceberg lettuce, shredded

Cheese (Amines), grated

Sour Cream or Natural yoghurt (Amines)

Tomato (if allowed- Very High Salicylates), diced

Preparation

Warm a baking tray in the oven.

Prepare the tortilla mix as per the instructions on the packet, adding the water slowly until you get a smooth and pliable batter. Let the batter sit for 10 minutes then shape into 12 balls and place onto a lined baking tray. If not cooking straight away, store the dough in the fridge covered with cling wrap until ready to cook.

Heat a lightly oiled non-stick frying pan over medium heat.

Lay a piece of cling wrap flat on your work bench and lightly spray with oil. Flatten one of the dough balls slightly and place onto the cling wrap. Lightly spray a second piece of cling wrap and place over the top of the dough. Roll the dough until it is very thin, it should be about 20cm in diameter.

Peel the top piece of cling wrap off the tortilla. Peel the tortilla away from the bottom piece of cling wrap and place in the frying pan. Cook for about 2 minutes each side. Repeat for each tortilla.

Moisten a clean tea towel and line the warmed baking tray. Place the cooked tortillas in the baking tray on top of the damp tea towel, and fold the tea towel over the top. Keep the tortillas covered to keep them pliable and moist.

Serve while still warm. Fill the tortillas with refried beans, lettuce, meatballs and other allowed fillings, roll and enjoy!

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About

Every time I shop on Allergy Train, I find something new. Last time it was Miss Roben's Tortilla Mix. Its Fructose Friendly, Gluten Free, Soy Free, Dairy Free, Egg Free, Nut Free, Wheat Free, Low Salicylates, Low Amines, Low Glutamates and RPAH Strict Elimination Diet Suitable.

Prior to Oscar's diagnosis a regular meal in our house was tortillas/burritos/tacos - the kind that comes in a box with the salsa and seasoning and you cook the meat and add some lettuce, cheese, tomato, etc. I've missed them, so when I saw this product I thought I'd give it a try. Of course we can't have the spicy seasoning or the salsa, so I found recipes for chicken meatballs and refried beans, and we had cheese, lettuce, tomato (not for Oscar) and sour cream. It was a bit of work to put it all together, but I made the meatballs and beans earlier in the day and put them in the fridge until I was ready. The tortillas were the tricky bit. Not having a tortilla press I googled making tortillas and watched a few youtube clips. It looked quite easy to roll the tortillas between 2 pieces of cling wrap, but it wasn't so easy to get them off the cling wrap and into the frying pan without tearing, folding over themselves or sticking to my hand. I think my dough was probably a bit sticky, but I didn't want to add any more flour, so next time I would add the first cup of water a bit at a time until I got a dough consistency. Despite the misshapen looking tortillas, the meal was a big success. Oscar didn't touch the beans or lettuce, but he had great fun making and wrapping his tortilla with meatballs, cheese and loads sour cream - the first time he's eaten it on its own.
See more at: http://recipesforfoodintolerances.blogspot.com/2011/06/home-made-tortillas-success.html