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Flour Tortilla with Honey

Ingredients Bakers % Total %
Bread flour 100.0 58.3
Salt 1.5 0.9
Sodium bicarbonate 0.6 0.3
Sodium aluminum phosphate (SALP) 0.58 0.3
Fumaric acid (encapsulated) 0.30 0.17
Potassium sorbate 0.40 0.23
Calcium propionate 0.40 0.23
Shortening, all-purpose 10.0 5.8
Water, (53% - adj. for honey), 80° 51.9 30.2
Mix:
  • Mix dry ingredients, including shortenin, for one minute on a low speed
  • Add water and mix for one minute on low speed
  • Mix six minutes on medium speed

Desired temperature of the dough after mixing is 84°-88°F

Floor Time: Allow the fully mixed dough to rest for 10 minutes at 84°F Divide: 40 gram dough pieces, round, cover and rest for 10 minutes Yield: Approximately 40 tortillas. Press: Using automated equipment, press dough pieces (900 p.s.i) 1.2 seconds at 365°F top and bottom press plate temperature Oven:
  • Using automated equipment, bake 34 seconds at 475°F.
  • Bake zones: 1= ¾ off, 2 = all on, 3 = off
  • E-track speed at 57.5
Cool:
  • Cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes or until completely cool

Spring wheat bread flour with a protein content of ~13% produces a tortilla with a spread of ~16cm


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This formula is designed to be tested in a commercial bakery's research and development lab, and then scaled up for mass production depending on a bakery's equipment and specific formulation needs. For more technical information on this formula please contact us.

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