How to Prepare a Baleada (TYPICAL PLATE OF HONDURAN)

The delicious and famous Baleada is one of the most traditional and typical dishes of Honduran food, especially the northern part of the country. It is a wheat flour tortilla that is served in half and in the middle can be added as many ingredients as desired, with fried ground beans being the base ingredient. At the moment, its consumption has spread to other regions of the country and there are places where they serve them at any time of the day. There are several Honduran cities that are disputing the merit of being the birthplace of the Baleada, without until the moment we are safe of who is right, as well as several stories that tell about the origin of his name. However, there is something in which we all agree, no matter where it comes from or why it is called the Baleada is rich and we all love and always enjoy in any of its specialties.

And, esque is precisely that one of the main qualities of the Baleada, is rich anyway. Can be combined in many ways, from simple baleada typical, which is accompanied only with beans, grated cheese and butter or "special" which is accompanied by many ingredients, such as beans, egg, avocado, cheese, butter, meat, bacon .... etc. These are the most liked and asked for ... those that go "with everything" but, whatever you ask for it will always take a delicious surprise when you eat them.

Preparation of the Baleadas

Ingredients:

1 pound wheat flour

1 tablespoon butter

¼ teaspoon of soda

¼ teaspoon Salt or to taste

½ cup water or milk

o know how much flour to use take into account that of 1 pound of flour comes 12 tortillas.

Procedure In a wide bowl where you can move your hands freely, put the flour, salt, soda and butter, then gradually add water or milk, while mixing all the ingredients with one hand. When all the ingredients are mixed remove the dough from the container, place it on a flat surface and knead it until smooth, once this process begins, do not stop, because if you leave the mixture half-kneaded for a long time its mass will collapse and you will have to start over . When the dough is very smooth and manageable, cut small pieces of dough and make balls of the desired size, put them in a container, cover them and let stand for about 20 minutes.

How to make tortillas

When the dough is well rested, take a ball in your hands and stretch it giving small strokes. As this ability to stretch tortillas with your hand is not easy to handle, then take the dough ball and with the help of a roller, bottle or something similar, stretch it, as it stretches the pizza dough. Once stretched cooked in a previously heated comal and when they are cooked prepare your shot to taste. The base of a rich Baleada are the beans, to achieve tasty beans cooks in oil and warm and boil them to be well fried. The little balls of flour left over wrap them in plastic so they remain fresh, otherwise they will dry out and form a hard crust that will make it difficult to stretch them next time.

without a doubt, every country has its customs and gastronomy, if one day you pass through HONDURAN, do not miss the opportunity to taste a rich shot of the catracha.