Recipe: Gorditas

Thick, stuffed corn pastries.

• 1 1/2 cup Maseca
• 1 tspn Salt
• 1 cup Water (plus extra)
• 2 Tbspn Lard
• Shredded cheese, beans, salsa, and/or prepared meat for filling and topping.

1. Mix maseca, flour, and salt in a mixing bowl. Add additiona water until the dough is dry and no longer sticky with the consistency of play dough.
2. Heat lard in a cast iron skillet.
3. Divide dough into four balls. Take two sheets of plastic wrap, place one beneath and one on top of the ball. Using a glass pan, press down on the ball until it forms a tortilla roughly 9" across.
4. Fill tortilla with select fillings, fold over to close.
5. Fry in the lard, two minutes on each side, flipped twice.

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