Danielle Berg’s Baleatas (Honduras)

(from jennarenay’s recipe box)

this meal is so simple, we often make it when we’re under sail. the secret is in the homemade tortillas – so good you could eat them plain, and a little beans, cheese, and guacamole is all they need. These are essentially homemade white flour tortillas

Source: Danielle Berg's recipes from the galley (from RecipeThing user veisner1977)

Categories: Danielle Berg, not tried

Ingredients

  • white flour
  • butter

Directions

  1. for the tortillas:

  2. combine a few cups of flour (white or whole wheat, quantity depends on how many people you’re feeding) with a stick of butter, mashing the butter with a fork until it is worked into little clumps throughout the flour. then add water little at a time and stir mixture until it forms a soft dough. break of a little ball (about the size of a golf ball) and roll it out on a floured surface, adding flour if it’s too sticky. Fry the tortilla on a very hot skillet with a very small amount of oil (only on the first one, after that they can be fried dry) until bubbles puff up, then flip it over and cook until light brown.

  3. serve the tortillas hot, folded in half, and filled with:
  4. - black refried beans, from a can, heated in a saucepan)
  5. - guacamole (i make it with mashed avocados, a little garlic, salt, and lime juice)
  6. - mexican farmers cheese (often called cacique or queso ranchero)

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