Years ago when I discovered two ingredient dough balls, I couldn’t have imagined that I would keep Natural Yogurt perpetually available in the fridge for making pizza dough at very short notice. The recipe has adjusted over the years with the addition of some lovely olive oil and seasoning but the dough made from self-raising flour and yogurt is as simple and versatile as you want it to be when you have last-minute playdates to cater for.
And yet, it has still surprised me because until recently I had thought that homemade tortillas were a faff I could not be bothered to attempt. But to be honest when I realised they were so simple that children could make them, I thought again. The children in question are the very capable offspring of Utterly Scrummy of course, but when I saw her simple tortilla recipe I figured I could make it even easier by using the fool proof two ingredient dough as a basis.
To make 8 tortilla, you need:
1 cup self raising flour
1/2 cup natural full fat yogurt
Seriously, that’s it. Feel free to season at will, and I do actually add a tablespoon of delicious fresh olive oil, but you can just use the above listed ingredients. Mix until you have a dough. Keep plenty of flour on hand because I have found from practice that the dough is always slightly too wet or slightly too dry. Add a little flour as needed.
Once you have a lump of dough, turn onto a floured surface and knead for a couple of minutes, again adding small amounts of flour if it is too wet and sticky.
Divide into eight small balls.
Taking each ball in turn, smother in flour and roll out until it is wafer-thin. Stack on a plate.
Once ready, put a large non-stick frying pan on a medium-high heat ( I use the hot plate of an Aga, so am going entirely on Michelle’s guideline’s here.)
Add the tortilla to the dry pan one at a time. You’ll see small bubbles forming inside the tortilla and notice the texture change from “wet” to “dry”. Once it’s reached that point, flip over and cook for the same amount of time on the other side- no more than a minute each really but you get a feel for it as you go.
Cover your stack in a tea towel to keep warm and stop from drying out, and use at will.
Go on! You know you want to tell me what you think!