A good tortilla press should do most of the work for you, cranking out consistently sized corn tortillas every time—without requiring too much elbow grease. We made more than a hundred corn tortillas to answer a pressing question: Which press is best?
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Looks like I will be getting the masienda press for my roadside food trailer when i finally get it going. I planned on making birria tacos along with my burgers.
Great choice for your winner! Aluminum presses are a waste – they pretty much always create uneven tortillas. The first (and only) two aluminum versions I bought decades ago (I couldn't afford anything better) the handle snapped off in the first couple of uses on both. I guess I paid in the long run. Who doesn't love a good tortilla??!! 😊
I bought the Doña Rosa Masienda 12in press. Love it! My family refuses to eat store bought. I won’t use my other wooden or round metal presses. The Doña Rosa expensive, heavy but well worth it. I get 12in tortillas, i can make GF burritos. I make tortillas 1x week. I make a dozen quickly with this press. The makers of this press have a wonderful back story.
If you are using a smaller press, why wouldn't you use a smaller ball?
Seems there are 2 very different methods of making tortillas:
1. pressing in a cold press -fininshing off in a skillet
2. Pressing and finishing off in a hot skillet
the cast-iron and alumminiom is ment to be put on the stove.
the wooden and powdercoated steel is not.
Am i wrong? Whyg didnt Americas testkithcen point this out?
Does anybody knows where to get a 16in tortilla press for big burritos? Thanks
Another gem of a video!
I use a clear glass pie plate. It's easy to presss evenly and you can see exactly how thick the tortilla is. No need to buy another single purpose gadget.
Is he really that dumb? Same dough for different sizes? I've noticed this with that type, just stupid and oblivious.
This review is not totally honest. Putting large ball of masa in a small aluminum press squeezes the masa all over the place. What did you expect? Which company paid for this review? Right?
I love the winner. It’s been on my wish list for some years. But they are never on sale & I wouldn’t use it enough for the price tag. Probably grabbing a Victoria for pantry. Thx for testing!
This was a miss. Use a smaller ball of dough for the smaller ones.
Or skip the press, make thick Salvadoran tortillas, arepas, or papusas instead.
I notice nobody is mentioning storage space for these occasional use, awkwardly shaped things.
Masienda is the best Tortilla press! ❤
I use a 10" Uno Casa cast iron press, and I've started cheating by placing it on my induction cooktop and pressing and cooking at the same time! So much quicker, with even results and no burned spots.
Actually, you don't need a tortilla press. You can use the bottom of a cast iron pan and a cutting board, etc. That being said, Being a tinkerer, I welded up my own. It is similar in design to the Masienda press. I bought the flat steel from a local manufacturer for a reasonable price. The rest is leftover angle iron from other projects. It is very heavy and works very well. My point is, if you have the skill or a buddy with a welding shop, a really good press can be had for not a lot of money.
I would think you'd put the handle on correctly on the cheaper Victoria model.
The force applied to flatten the dough into a tortilla is indeed multiplied by the use of a lever, but you have mistaken the load for the fulcrum of this class 2 lever.
4:00 handle is upside down. 😂
I want a press that makes flour tortillas. Will these work?
I just purchased the Dona Maria press, I had those cheap ones, either they rust or they don’t press right…