There was a time when I would lug home a foot-long package of corn tortillas from Costco, storing leftovers in the freezer for months on end. The result were rubberlike corn flakes. So I started making fresh corn tortillas from scratch, without a tortilla press. The result was a wonderfully delicious and aromatic tortilla with taste and texture so superior that there's no going back to the packaged stuff.
The base of corn tortilla is masa harina, which is corn flour derived from corn and lime. This item can typically be found in the flour section or the international section of a grocery store.
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