Mexican flatbread or tortilla is an indispensable dish on the Latin American menu, where it is used as an alternative to bread and the main component of many dishes: tacos, quesadillas, burritos, fajitas and enchiladas. Products are baked from wheat or corn flour, getting different, but always worthy results.

Mexican cornmeal tortillas

Corn flour tortilla dough is always kneaded with wheat flour, which gives it the lack of plasticity and softness. Products in this design will acquire the desired taste, but will not disintegrate when rolling and baking. The specified number of components is enough for 6 cakes.

Ingredients:

• corn flour - 1 glass;
• wheat flour - ½ cup;
• water - ½ glass;
• salt - ½ tsp;
• oil - 1 tbsp. spoon.

Preparation

1. Mix two types of flour with salt.
2. Pour in warm water with oil, knead the dough, leave for 30 minutes.
3. The dough portions are rolled out between two layers of film.
4. Mexican corn tortilla is baked quickly: literally 1.5-2 minutes in a preheated pan, and the product is ready.

Wheat tortilla

DIY Mexican tortilla can only be made from wheat flour. This recipe uses butter, which creates the effect of the sandy texture of the products. However, if desired, it can be replaced with a vegetable one - the result will be different, but no less worthy and tasty.

Ingredients:

• wheat flour - 2 cups;
• salt - ½ tsp;
• water - 200 ml;
• oil - 50 g.

Preparation

1. Grind flour with salt and butter until crumbs.
2. Pour in warm water and knead a soft dough.
3. After half an hour, the lump is divided into parts, each is rolled out thinly, placing portions between two cuts of the film.
4. Brown the products in a dry frying pan.

What to wrap in a Mexican tortilla?

Dishes with Mexican tortilla can be very diverse in composition, taste and nutritional value. Products made from corn or wheat flour are supplemented with fillings from vegetables, meat, cheese, herbs, mushrooms and spices. When choosing the right recipe, you should rely on your preferences and the availability of products.

1. Mexican tortilla is delicious on its own and when served with all sorts of sauces, goulash or butter.
2. Using the product as a base, adding it with sauce, cheese, and other ingredients and sending it to the oven or microwave for a few minutes, you can get an appetizing pizza.
3. The tortilla is often supplemented with a non-liquid filling, supplementing the components with sauce if desired.

Pizza on mexican tortilla

A tortilla pizza is ready in minutes and can be served for dinner or for a quick bite. With pre-prepared cakes and a few more suitable ingredients available, creating a hearty meal will not be difficult. The composition of the delicacy suggested below can be varied at your discretion.

Ingredients:

• flat cake - 1 pc.;
• tomato sauce - 20 g;
• onions - ½ pcs.;
• mozzarella - 50 g;
• ham - 50 g;
• cheese - 50 g;
• Italian herbs and oil.

Preparation

1. Spread the cake on a baking sheet and grease with sauce.
2. Place on top slices of onion, mozzarella and ham, sprinkle with herbs and then cheese.
3. Next, the Mexican tortilla with filling is sent to the oven for 5 minutes, preheated to 180 degrees.

Mexican tortilla with cheese

Considering all sorts of recipes with Mexican flatbread, special attention is drawn to the appetizer with cheese. It is captivating with its simple, quick design, an excellent balance of nutritional properties and calories, as well as the excellent taste characteristics of the resulting Mexican delicacy.

Ingredients:

• cakes - 2 pcs.;
• cheese - 150 g;
• any greens - 1 handful;
• oil - 1 tbsp. spoon;
• pepper.

Preparation

1. One cake is placed in a frying pan and put on fire.
2. Sprinkle the product with cheese, lay out the herbs and sprinkle with cheese shavings again.
3. Cover the composition with a second cake, press it well with a spatula.
4. After browning on one side, turn it over to the other, fry, and when serving gloves, sprinkle with oil.

Mexican tortilla with chicken

Tasty and satisfying in some way resembles shawarma, but it is made out in a slightly different composition. For the preparation of the appetizer, fresh Mexican tortillas based on corn or wheat flour are first baked, and then the filling components are prepared: chicken is fried and vegetables are chopped.

Ingredients:

• cakes - 4 pcs.;
• chicken fillet - 200 g;
• beans - 200 g;
• oil - 40 g;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• bell pepper - 2 pcs.;
• cheese - 50 g;
• chili ketchup - 2 tbsp spoons;
• parsley - 4 branches;
• salt, pepper, seasonings.

Preparation

1. Fry the chopped fillet, salt, pepper and season to taste.
2. At the end of frying, add garlic, heat for a minute.
3. Separately, peppers are fried, beans are added without juice, ruddy chicken, ketchup are laid, and heated for 2 minutes.
4. Put filling, cheese in the center of the cake, roll it up in an envelope.
5. A Mexican tortilla is served with the filling while still hot.

Mexican tortilla with ham and cheese

Delicious Mexican flatbread made with smoked ham and hard cheese filling also has a large audience of loyal admirers. A win-win combination of components will not leave anyone indifferent, and whimsical fussy, you can replace any of the components with the most preferred.

Ingredients:

• cakes - 4 pcs.;
• ham - 4 slices;
• hard cheese - 200 g;
• Mexican canned peppers to taste
• green onions - 1 bunch;
• cilantro or parsley - 1 bunch;
• olive oil.

Preparation

1. Ham and peppers are spread on the cake around the perimeter, sprinkled with herbs and cheese.
2. Fold the product in half, press and place in a preheated pan.
3. After the tortilla with ham and cheese is browned on both sides, serve it to the table.

Mexican tortillas with minced meat

Or tacos, made with the addition of all kinds of vegetables, herbs and hot sauce. Often, the composition of the filling is supplemented with grated cheese or includes other components not specified in this recipe, to your taste. The base of the filling can be chopped beef, pork or chicken.

Ingredients:

• cakes - 4 pcs.;
• minced meat - 200 g;
• sweet and hot peppers - ½ each;
• onion and tomato - ½ each;
• greens - 1 bunch;
• sugar and grape vinegar to taste;
• oil, salt, pepper, tomato sauce.

Preparation

1. The minced meat is fried, and the chopped onion is seasoned with vinegar and left for 30 minutes.
2. Add chopped peppers and tomatoes to the meat, let it simmer until the moisture evaporates.
3. Squeeze the onion, add sugar, salt, herbs.
4. Put a couple of tablespoons of frying on the cake, greens with onions, a little sauce and fold in half.

Rolls in Mexican tortilla

Everyone knows the quickly drawn up, twisted in the form of a roll. Something similar is also prepared from Mexican tortillas, supplementing them with cream cheese and mayonnaise, fresh vegetables, ham, fish or sausages. Each time the result will be different, but always worthy and impressive.

Ingredients:

• cakes - 4 pcs.;
• ham or meat - 250 g;
• sweet and hot peppers - 1 pc.;
• cream cheese or sauce - 150 g;
• greens - 1 bunch;
• lettuce leaves to taste.

Preparation

1. The tortillas are heated in the microwave, greased with cheese or sauce.
2. Lay out the salad, chopped ham and pepper, roll the products into a roll, let them soak in the film.
3. Cut the rolls into portions and heat the tortilla rolls before serving in the microwave.

Mexican Tortilla Pie

Mexican tortilla is often used to decorate pies. Hearty, nutritious, surprisingly piquant and aromatic is an appetizing variation of a delicacy with a multicomponent chicken and ham filling, to which vegetables, hot peppers, cheese, herbs and spices stewed in oil are added.

Step 1: Preparing the ingredients.

Grate the cheese on a medium grater or cut into very thin slices.
Rinse the tomato, cut out the seal, and then cut the vegetable into thin slices.
Wash the basil leaves, shake off excess moisture and cut into small strips.
Peel the garlic cloves and chop with a knife, using a grater or crushing with a special press. Combine minced garlic cloves with olive oil.

Step 2: Dry the cake in the oven.

Set the oven to preheat until 180 degrees Celsius. You need to start cooking only after the oven has warmed up well.


Put the wheat tortilla on a baking sheet, brush the top with half the garlic mixed with oil, and then send it to bake in the oven for 5 minutes.

Step 3: Cooking the margarita on a tortilla.

Take out the hot tortilla (do not turn off the oven yet) and sprinkle it with about half of the grated cheese.


With the next layer, lay thin slices of tomato, evenly distributing them throughout the tortilla. Season with salt and pepper to taste.


Then it remains to fill everything on top with the remaining cheese and a part of the chopped basil.


Put the pizza in the oven for 7 minutes... During this time, the tomatoes will dry out a little, and all the cheese will melt. The main thing is to make sure that the edges of the pita bread that are not covered with the filling do not burn, perhaps the pizza will even need to be taken out of the oven earlier.


Combine the remaining garlic in oil with balsamic vinegar and pour over the prepared margarita pizza with this sauce, then sprinkle it with the remaining basil and serve.

Step 4: Serve the Margarita on a tortilla.

Serve the margarita on the tortilla immediately after cooking, before it has cooled down. You can quickly figure out such a pizza for breakfast or have a snack for her for an afternoon snack. And she can also treat friends who have gathered at your home to watch a movie or just chat.


I hope you enjoyed this incredibly easy way to make famous pizza. Of course, it's far from the classic recipe, but it's still very tasty.
Bon Appetit!

Instead of a thin wheat cake, you can take anything wheat and bread, at least half a loaf cut along the length. It's still a great pizza.

If there is no basil, you can replace it with other fragrant herbs. Of course, the result will be different, but the main thing in the filling is cheese and tomatoes.

As a rule, you will always find pizza products at home: olives, slices of sausage or baked meat, tomato sauce, cheese ... Run home to the bakery and buy a fresh crispy baguette. Only not a loaf, but a long narrow baguette.

At home, cut it in half lengthwise and rub the flesh a little with your fingers. Further - everything is as always: tomato sauce, filling, cheese. 10-15 minutes in the oven and the treat is ready!

Pizza on ready-made dough

Want a lush homemade pizza? Use fresh or frozen yeast dough. It will cost half as much as ordering from a pizzeria. Excellent yeast dough can always be bought in the pavilions where fresh cakes are baked in the tandoor.

Pizza on pita bread

A good base for pizza is the pita cakes, which can be purchased at any bread department. Grease them with sauce, spread the filling on top, place on a baking sheet lined with parchment for baking, bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes.

Tortilla pizza

Another option for a quick pizza base is Mexican tortilla. They are wheat, corn, whole grain, cheese. Since the tortillas are very thin, place the filling directly on top of the baking sheet. Bake as usual - 12-15 minutes in an oven preheated to 200 C.

Pizza on ready-made cakes

Today in supermarkets you can buy not only ready-made pizza dough, but also a baked base in the form of cakes. There is even no need to defrost them - the time spent in the oven already with the filling is quite enough for this. If you or your children cannot live without pizza, keep a small supply of these "blanks" in the freezer.