Flour tortilla

Gluten Free Flour Tortillas 
 

Makes about 5

1 cup white rice flour
1 cup tapioca flour 
1 tablespoon white sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt 
2 teaspoons guar gum
2 tablespoons shortening 
3/4 cup water

Mix together the rice flour, tapioca flour, white sugar, baking powder, salt, and guar gum. Mix in the shortening with your fingers until well combined. Add the water and mix well. If the mixture is still dry, add a little more water. Heat an ungreased skillet on medium-high heat. Roll out tortillas quite thin and cook each one on the hot pan until it begins to bubble. Then flip it and cook until the bottom has some brown spots. Stack them on top of each other covered by a dish  towel. These keep well in a zip lock bag in fridge.  Warm slightly before using.  Tip:  I have rolled these out on sheets of parchment and then frozen them.  They are really easy to take off of parchment and place in heated skillet.  I press the tortillas out using my Birds Hill Pie Machine - I just use the flat dies that come with it.

Gluten Free Naan

This flat bread goes good with curries, stews, soups, chili etc.  Give yourself enough time to let the dough rise.  You can also puff them and use as a pita.

Gluten Free Naan

11/4 cup fine rice flour

1/2 cup tapioca flour

1/4 cup sweet rice flour

1 large egg

2 tablespoons oil

1 teaspoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup mashed potatoes

1/2 cup slightly warm water

2 teaspoons yeast

1 teaspoon sugar

Method:

Wisk flours sugar and salt together.  Add yeast and sugar to warm water and let sit until yeast starts to grow 5-10 minutes.  Add the yeast mixture, egg, oil and mashed potatoes.  Using hands mix well, kneading it into a nice dough.  Cover and let rise in warm place for 30 minutes.  Shape into golf ball,size balls and flatten to less than 1/4".  I flatten on parchment paper.  Could also flatten on plastic wrap or floured counter.  Cover and let rise 30 minutes until you can see bubbles just beginning to form.  Heat a cast iron skillet over medium heat until hot.  Add one naan at a time and fry until brown spots appear on underside - 1-2 minutes.  Flip and fry another minute or two.  Poke the sides and top a bit with the flipper to creat air pockets.  To puff naan place a folded dish towel in microwave - place fried naan on it and microwave on high for 10-20 seconds until puffed.  Place hot naans under clean dish towel until served.