flour tortilla

Soft Mexican wrap

A flour tortilla is a thin, soft flatbread made from wheat flour, water, and fat—typically lard or vegetable shortening.

Common in northern Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine, flour tortillas are pliable enough to wrap around fillings for burritos, quesadillas, and soft tacos: I'll take that in a flour tortilla instead of corn.

Related
  • wrapEnclose by winding around
  • softYielding to touch
  • cornCereal grown on cobs
  • burritoFilled, wrapped tortilla
  • quesadillaFolded tortilla with melted filling

taco · street food · flatbread · dough · rolled · rolled up · warm · stuffed · chewy · Mexican · salsa · sour cream · beans · rice and beans · cheese · grilled · cast iron · folded

Categories
Opposites
base grain/ingredient

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Flat maize bread

tostada · corn chip

bread type/form

flour tortillaleavened bread

Loaf expanded by fermentation

pita bread · naan · crusty bread · roti · injera

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G