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A tortilla (/ t ɔːr ˈ t iː ə /, Spanish: [toɾˈtiʝa]) is a thin, circular unleavened flatbread from Mesoamerica originally made from maize hominy meal, and now also from wheat flour. The Aztecs and other Nahuatl speakers called tortillas tlaxcalli ( [t͡ɬaʃˈkalli] ). [ 1 ]
The corn tortilla was first developed in Mexico, during prehistoric times. It has since become a staple carbohydrate in North American and Mesoamerican cultures. It predates its derivative, the wheat flour tortilla (tortilla de harina or tortilla de trigo), in all such cultures. This is because old world wheat was neither known nor grown in the ...
The origin of the flour tortilla was northern Mexico and this is why so many plates are made with it like quesadillas as well as burritos, chimichangas and fajitas served with flour tortilla and bean taco or chorizo taco. The flour tortilla is the sister to the corn tortilla which was created first.
A corn tortilla stuffed with beef, lamb, or goat meat and mozzarella cheese. Quesabirria ('cheese birria ') (also called birria tacos [ 1 ] or red tacos [ 2 ] ) is a Mexican dish comprising birria -style cooked beef folded into a tortilla with melted cheese and served with a side of broth ( Spanish : consomé ) for dipping.
A tortilla machine inside a tortilleria. A tortilleria, or tortilla bakery is a shop that produces and sells freshly made tortillas. Tortillerias are native to Mexico and Central America, and some are being established in some areas of the United States. [1] Tortillerias usually sell corn tortillas by weight.
An often repeated piece of folk history is the story of a man named Juan Méndez who sold tacos at a street stand in the Bella Vista neighborhood of Ciudad Juárez during the Mexican Revolution period (1910–1921), while using a donkey as a transport for himself and his food. [16]
A baleada (Spanish pronunciation:) is a traditional Central American dish, believed to have originated on the northern coast of Honduras. [ citation needed ] It is composed of a flour tortilla , filled with a smear of mashed "refried" red beans (a variety of bean native to Central and South America), crema ( mantequilla blanca ), and crumbled ...
Totopo, in Mexican cuisine, is a flat, round, or triangular corn item similar to a tortilla, that has been toasted, fried or baked, but it may be prepared with nixtamalized corn masa. Totopos are best known as originating from Zapotec peoples of the isthmus of Tehuantepec region of the Mexican state of Oaxaca .