Tortitas Negras

Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Combine flour, salt and sugar in a bowl.
  2. 2In a measuring glass, combine milk, water, and yeast.
  3. 3Add vanilla essence to the wet ingredients.
  4. 4Add lemon zest to the dry ingredients.
  5. 5Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and combine to form a dough.
  6. 6Take the dough out of the bowl and knead for some minutes. Add manteca (butter) once dough is formed and continue kneading.
  7. 7Place the dough in a bowl, cover, and let rest for half an hour.
  8. 8Take the dough out of the bowl and roll it flat, about 1-1.5 cm thick.
  9. 9Use a cutter of about 8 cm to cut out circles from the flat dough.
  10. 10Grease a baking sheet.
  11. 11Place the dough circles on the baking sheet, close to each other.
  12. 12Combine sugar and flour in a bowl.
  13. 13Brush the dough circles with water.
  14. 14Add a generous amount of the sugar and flour mix on top of the dough circles.
  15. 15Bake in a preheated oven at 200° for about 15 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 1 kg harina 0000
  • 0.5 cucharadita sal
  • 200 g azúcar
  • 250 ml leche tibia
  • 250 ml agua
  • 10 g levadura seca
  • 30 g levadura fresca
  • chorrito esencia de vainilla
  • pizca ralladura de limón
  • 100 g manteca
  • 300 g azúcar negro
  • 3 cucharadas harina
  • un poco agua

Equipment

bowlmeasuring glassspoongraterrolling pincutterbaking sheetoven

Tips

  • For the flour, look for the whitest and most refined flour.
  • If using margarine instead of manteca (butter), the manteca gives a better result.