On Mon, 8 Sep 2014 00:48:04 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"sf" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Sun, 7 Sep 2014 21:00:54 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I only wish I had made these sooner. I was a little afraid to though
>>> because many of the recipes I saw or information about them claimed that
>>> they were complicated and difficult to make but worth the trouble. What
>>> trouble? There was none! They were by far one of the easiest things
>>> that I
>>> have ever made. Thanks, sf for the video because that is not how the
>>> technique read to me.
>>
>> YAY!
>>
>>> I kept reading that it was two tortillas with a
>>> filling. Nope, although based on the end result I could see how someone
>>> who
>>> didn't examine it very well might see this.
>>>
>> <snip>
>>>
>>> So... Very, very cheap meal and quick to fix! Oh and... I read
>>> somewhere
>>> online by the daughter of a Pupusaria owner to add a Tablespoon of baking
>>> powder to the dough to keep it moist and keep it from cracking. I did do
>>> that. I did not let the first dough rest because husband came blasting
>>> through the door wanting food right away. I had just set the timer to 20
>>> minutes for the rice and wound up taking it off the burner at 18 minutes
>>> because it was perfect then and the pupusas were done.
>>>
>>> I made a new batch of dough for mine. Half batch and let it rest but...
>>> The resting made the dough really expand. I wound up having too much of
>>> it
>>> and from what I have read, they don't keep overnight very well. I know
>>> they
>>> must keep for a few hours at least because the taqueria here that serves
>>> them said they are made up ahead of time. So... I would recommend
>>> adding
>>> the baking powder and letting the dough rest before using. I did not
>>> roll
>>> in balls and let rest. I just covered the bowl and let rest. Soooo very
>>> good!
>>>
>> Congratulations! Glad they worked out. I'd like to make them someday
>> and you just gave me a big boot in the behind to do it. Can you
>> freeze your extra dough?
>
>I don't know if the dough would freeze but the recipe I made would be easy
>to cut back on. 3 cups of Masa Harina, 1.5 cups water, 1 t. salt, and I
>added 1 T. baking powder. I ended up having to add quite a bit more water
>than that because the dough was too dry. This may have had to do with the
>heat in the kitchen. Jinxy but it is still unseasonably warm here. Wasn't
>a really good day to be cooking. But I digress. Also some oil needed. I
>just used plain vegetable oil.
>
>Now I have to figure out something to serve tomorrow to use up the rest of
>that rice. I might just get some sort of meat that looks quick to fix but
>I'll be going to Albertsons and their meat really isn't very good. I will
>buy Laura's Lean Ground Beef there because it isn't their meat but that's
>about it.

Sounds great I think I'll try them soon.

koko

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