Robert and I used to go to a Mexican fast food restaurant in Midland called Rosa's. We lived at Rankin then, and it was a treat for us when we "went to town." Back in the day they had their recipe for their flour tortillas painted on the wall, so I copied it down in one of the many little notebooks that I kept in my purse. I am glad that I did because they aren't sharing recipes anymore. Robert is grown up, now, but he and his family like to go to Rosa's and Bobby and I still like it too.
After I retired and moved, I finally started going through things and "weeding out." I am almost embarrassed to say that I had quite a collection of those "little notebooks" stacked in a wash stand, and had moved them from Welch to Rankin to Andrews and then home. The amount of "stuff" stacked in this house made me feel very ruthless, so I started going through these notebooks, and tossing them. That is when I found the recipe for Rosa's Tortillas, so if you are in the mood for rolling tortillas here you go. I haven't tried this recipe, but Rosa's mass produces delicious tortillas with their machine.
Rosa's Flour Tortillas
50 lb. flour
1 lb. baking powder
6 lb. shortening (lard)
12 oz. salt
10 1/2 qt. water (hot)
Makes 400 tortillas
If you are interested in their menus, and catering possibilities, go to www.rosascafe.com
Oh, wow...
ReplyDeleteSince I mix my flour tortillas by hand (like you showed me), I can't imagine trying to incorporate 6 pounds of lard with 50 pounds of flour!!!
Mercy!
I'll check out the website; so glad you included that!
I was born and raised in west Odessa, We built a lot of Roses cafe’s for Bobby Cox. I live in Reno now and I miss Taco Villa, Roses, Texas Burger. Mmmm
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for sharing this! I had completely forgotten it was on their wall. Can gou help me with math to cut down this huge recipe.
ReplyDeleteKeep dividing in half is one way.
DeleteSorry for the late reply. Try this. 2 C of flour, 1/2 tsp. Salt, 1/2 tsp. Baking powder, 2 T shortening. Mix all this together like you would for a pie crust and gradually add enough hot water to make a soft dough. Knead for about 5 minutes and then let it rest for at least 30 minutes. Form into balls and let them rest before you roll them out
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