Authentic Baleada | Original Recipe
The original baleada is simple, and delicious. With a few ingredients, you can try a baleada at home. And you can add more fillings if you like!
Ingredients
- ¼ cuplard
- 1egg
- 3 cupsflour
- 2 ½tsps of baking soda
- warm water
- 1 lbrefried beans
- honduran queso seco (dry, crumbly cheese). if you can't find it, cotija cheese is a good alternative
- honduran sour cream
- all the filings for baleada sencilla, plus...
- egg
- avocado
- roasted beef
- sliced onions
- sliced chiles
- and anything you like to add, basically ;)
Directions
- 1
In a bowl, mix the tortilla ingredients: flour, warm water, baking soda, one egg, lard, and salt.
- 2
Use your hands until you get a soft, sticky, uniform dough. Let it rest for 15 to 20 minutes.
- 3
After resting, the dough will be easier to manipulate. Make several dough balls and let them rest for 15 to 20 minutes more.
- 4
Stretch the dough using a rolling spin, aiming for a round tortilla. True experts can make a final touch with their hands, but it requires some practice.
- 5
Place the round tortilla to cook on a hot pan for 2 minutes or until brown. Try to stack tortillas one over the other. This will let them steam each other and stay soft and warm for a longer time.
- 6
To fill the tortillas spread the beans, top with grated cheese and Honduran sour cream. Fold the tortilla, and enjoy a classic baleada!