Why Do My Homemade Tortillas Shrink. How the meat is handled has a direct impact on the texture of the burger. Tortillas too small Strong flour elastic Under mixed elastic Under hydrated dry elastic Cold dough elastic Under scaling insufficient mass pressure Excessive floor time after mixing dough frequency 3 doughs per hour is the minimum rate fresh dough every 20 minutes.
They were bigger when I took them out of the tortilla press but the moment that I picked them up to put them in the pan they shrank from about 5 12 inches to about 4 inches - before they hit the pan. Increasing the amount of fat might also help. I picked up some fresh manteca to use in the dough so am pretty excited.
If you wonder why your tortillas dont come out very thin and shrink back after you roll it out you may need to let them rest longer or you can knead them a bit more.
What i do is i lightly flour my rolling surface plop a dough ball down and press it flat with my hand turn it over and start rolling upwards rolling it out into an oval with a rolling pin. How to Make Tortillas. I suspect that because you arent rolling the gluten strands arent being aligned and create a net when you cook that net contracts causing your tortillas to shrink. What i do is i lightly flour my rolling surface plop a dough ball down and press it flat with my hand turn it over and start rolling upwards rolling it out into an oval with a rolling pin.
