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A flour tortilla (/ tɔːrˈtiːə /, /- jə /) or wheat tortilla is a type of soft, thin flatbread made from finely ground wheat flour. Made with flour- and water-based dough, it is pressed and cooked, similar to corn tortillas. [1] The simplest recipes use only flour, water, fat, and salt, but commercially-made flour tortillas generally ...
Tostadas can be an appetizer ("botana"), cut into small triangles to make tortilla chips to dip into salsa, guacamole, beans, cream, cream cheese or served with chile con queso. This version of the tostada has its origins both in the totopos de maiz and the New Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine. Commercial tortilla chips, sometimes known as nachos ...
Tortilla-based dishes. A burrito prepared with a flour tortilla. Tacos prepared with corn tortillas and a carnitas filling. Taquitos topped with guacamole. Alambre – Mexican food. Arizona cheese crisp – Cheese dish. Burrito – Tex-Mex dish consisting of a wheat flour tortilla wrapped to enclose the filling. Chalupa – Mexican specialty dish.
A tortilla (/ tɔːrˈtiːə /, Spanish: [toɾˈtiʝa]) is a thin, circular unleavened flatbread from Mesoamerica originally made from maize hominy meal, and now also from wheat flour.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] First made by the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica before colonization ...
6. Tlayudas. Origin: Mexico Likened to a Mexican pizza, tlayudas are made with a thin, crispy corn tortillas the size of a dinner plate. They're griddled and topped with layers of refried beans ...
Masa or masa de maíz (English: / ˈmɑːsə /; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmasa]) is a maize dough that comes from ground nixtamalized corn. It is used for making corn tortillas, gorditas, tamales, pupusas, and many other Latin American dishes. It is dried and powdered into a flour form called harina de maíz. Masa is reconstituted from masa ...
Arepa (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈɾepa]) is a type of flatbread made of ground maize dough stuffed with a filling, eaten in northern parts of South America since pre-Columbian times, and notable primarily in the cuisine of Colombia and Venezuela, but also present in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Central America. [1][2][3] Initially, arepa flour was ...
Corn or rice flour. Fillings e.g. meat, fish, cheese, vegetables, beans. Media: Pupusa. A pupusa is a thick griddle cake or flatbread from El Salvador and Honduras [1][2][3][4] made with cornmeal or rice flour, similar to the Colombian and Venezuelan arepa. In El Salvador, it has been declared the national dish and has a specific day to ...