Quick Tortilla Breakdown

Quick Tortilla Breakdown

General Tortilla Info Flour: Pressed and Stretched tortillas are the two most common types of tortillas. A 3rd is die cut that is not quite as common. We are going to look at Pressed and Stretched. Pressed- Great for fajitas, burrito, soft tacos and quesadillas. These are great for folding or rolling because they do not crack. Stretched- A process is used that mimics a traditional hand-stretched tortilla. These are used more for frying. (Ex. taco salad bowls, chimichangas, and flautas.) Most mexican restaurants use the following sizes of flour tortillas in their restaurant: 6”, 8”,10”, and 12” The most common flour tortillas are white flour, but we also carry some large 12” flavored tortillas that can be found under “wrap tortilla”.: Here is a pretty good break down of some common uses of the different sizes and types of flour tortillas. Click on the link below: http://www.missionfoodservice.com/products/flour-tortillas.aspx Corn: Corn tortillas break down a few different ways: Yellow and white-these are the most common and have a few different types of uses: ! Table corn tortilla-Is a softer tortilla that can be used for fajitas or traditional !!! tacos. Some also use them for enchiladas on the line. ! Enchilada corn- Fairly similar to a table tortilla, but these are even softer and !!!!more flexible when used for enchiladas, but if used at the !!!!table when heated they get hard, only use for enchiladas ! Corn for frying-! Great for frying tostadas, taquitos, hard tacos etc.... !!!!Has a distinct texture. ! Pre-cut for chips-! These come in various sizes, thicknesses, and Cut types. !!!!The most common cut is a four cut chip. Yellow and white !!!!corn are both common. A thin chip is mostly preferred by the !!!!General population. Customers at more authentic !!!!restaurants that have more of a Hispanic customer base !!!!generally prefer a thicker chip. I’ve found the best thing on !!!!chips is to sample your customers on everything we have. ! Multi-colored-!Come in both pre-cut, strips, and 6” whole. Blue, red, white..

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