Corn Tortillas
(these proportions come from a MASECA package)
2 cups Masa Harina
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup water
Combine ingredients, adding water slowly until smooth dough is formed. Form balls and let dough rest. Use tortilla press to flatten (or smoosh between parchment paper with cake pan or other flat kitchen item). Cook in hot skillet about 1 minute per side.
Whole Wheat Tortillas
3 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking powder (optional, we skipped this in class)
4 tbl coconut oil or other solid fat
water (about 1 cup)
Combine dry ingredients. cut fat in with a pastry blender, til largest pieces are the size of peas. Slowly add water til it forms a dough.
Roll into balls. Let rest for 10 min- several hours. Heat pan to medium heat. Cook until bubbles form, then flip and cook about another minute. (Should have light brown spots, if black, then your pan is too hot, if no spots increase heat or cook longer.)
Week 2
Hara Paratha (Collard/Kale Bread)
(adapted from a recipe by Julie Sahni)
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup cooked collard greens or kale, chopped
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup water (or less) (can use cooking water from greens
1/2 tsp garam masala or other spice mix of choice
2 tsp olive oil, plus more for brushing
Chop greens as finely as you can. Add to bowl with flour, salt, spices. Mix and slowly add water to form dough. (For very wet greens, sometimes only a few tsp water is needed.) Knead dough for 10 min. then knead in 2 tsp oil. Form into 8 balls. For each ball: Roll into thin circle, brush with oil, fold in half, brush again, fold again to form quarter circle. Then roll out into triangle.
When all dough is rolled out: Heat a pan, cook each bread til flecked with brown on each side, then brush with oil and recook each side for about 1 min each.
week 3
Biscuits (adapted from The Joy of Cooking)
2 cups whole wheat pastry four
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
4-6 tbl butter
3/4 cup milk
Combine dry ingredients in bowl. Cut butter in pieces, add to bowl and cut in with a pastry blender. When mixture resembles crumbs, with some pea sized pieces, stir in milk. Knead about 5 folds, then roll or press out and cut. Bake 8-12 minutes at 425F. (Time will depend on thickness and size of biscuits.)
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Squash Muffins (adapted from Feeding the Whole Family by Cynthia Lair)
3 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 tbl baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp cinamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp cardamom
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2 cups squash puree
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup olive oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
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Combine dry ingredients in large bowl. Combine wet ingredients. Add to dry ingredients and stir. Fold in nuts. Place muffin cups on cookie sheet. Fill muffin cups to top with batter. Bake at 375F for 25-30 minutes.
(We used silicone muffin cups. If using a metal pan, grease or use paper liners.)