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Homemade flour tortillas with lard

Name: Homemade flour tortillas with lard
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 42 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Latin American
Ingredients: 2 3/4 cups All-purpose flour; 5 tbsp Lard; 3/4 tsp Salt; 3/4 cup Lukewarm water

Make 12 homemade tortillas with all-purpose flour, lard, salt, and lukewarm water, rolled thin and cooked briefly on a hot skillet.

Latin American cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 12–18 min
Total time: 42 min
Servings: 8 servings
Difficulty: Medium
Cuisine: Latin American

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Make homemade flour tortillas with just four ingredients: all-purpose flour, lard, salt, and lukewarm water. Shape the smooth, fairly firm dough into twelve balls and let them rest for half an hour. Then roll each one into a round about 17 cm in diameter and cook on a hot skillet for just 30 to 45 seconds per side. They are a homemade alternative to store-bought tortillas containing preservatives.

Ingredients

8 servings

All-purpose flour 2 3/4 cups
Lard 5 tbsp
Salt 3/4 tsp
Lukewarm water 3/4 cup

1 cup = 250 ml (metric cup)

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Instructions

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Mix the flour, lard, and salt in a bowl. Pour in the water and knead into a smooth, fairly firm dough.
Divide the dough into 12 pieces, shape each into a ball, and let rest for 30 minutes.
Roll each ball into a round approximately 17 cm in diameter. Cook the tortillas on a hot skillet for 30 to 45 seconds per side.
Place the cooked tortillas on a clean kitchen towel.

Tip: Do not grease the skillet; flip each tortilla when bubbles puff up on the surface and brown spots appear underneath. Stack the cooked tortillas and cover with a kitchen towel to keep them soft and pliable.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 247 kcal
Protein: 5.0 g
Carbohydrates: 37 g
of which sugars: 0.1 g
Fat: 8.5 g
of which saturates: 3.2 g
Fiber: 1.3 g
Salt: 0.5 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Tortilly z múky a bravčovej masti – zo 4 surovín