Imusa VICTORIA-85008 Victoria Cast Iron Tortilla Press, 8-Inch
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Imusa VICTORIA-85008 Victoria Cast Iron Tortilla Press, 8-Inch
Customer Review: Disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
I have been making tortillas by hand, with a rolling pin, for quite a while and I love it. I assumed that a tortilla press would make the process easier and faster. I researched and read a lot of reviews before making a purchase and I was so excited when I ordered this. I tried it out and it was not at all what I expected. It's possible I just needed to get used to it, but I returned it before going to that effort. It's nice and heavy, and very sturdy, so I was sure it would work great. It's possible there may have been a defect with my particular press, but when I lay it flat and look at it from the side I could see straight through the middle, visibly indicating that it didn't even close completely. When I put my balls of dough inside only one edge got as flat as I like. So I had to press, rotate, press, rotate, press to flatten all the edges, but the middle was still too fat. For me it just wasn't flat enough; I like my tortilla's super thin, and these were frying up to the size and thickness of buttermilk pancakes. It was too much work for unsatisfactory results. I suppose I will continue to roll them out by hand for the time being.Customer Review: Very Useful item.
Summary: 5 Stars
Not to offend the 1 star people!. But I totally disagree with what some of them are saying. This is really heavy which cast iron is heavy I know i have Frying pans that are cast iron!They all feel pretty heavy. Then your asking why is the color so different? I will tell you why. This Press isn't seasoned which is a process that involves oil and you coating it and then heating it to high temperatures. I been hearing the more you cook with it the blacker it will get since you really don't cook over hot temperatures with the press it isn't bound to turn black. This will more then likely turn for doing the seasoning process over the years. Warning: Don't take a hot press or any hot cast iron item and put hold water on it it will crack it. You can press flour tortilla and corn tortillas the corn tortillas are a little bit more brittle thats part of the reason for seasoning it will create a Teflon texture and slide it off more gently. Tortillas arent gonna be come out as even with the press they are homemadeb so there is gonna be some differences Take care you allCustomer Review: does what it is supposed to do
Summary: 5 Stars
I have had good results with this product but would recommend a good Mexican cookbook (I have Rick Bayless' Mexican Everyday) for instructions on how to make tortillas as the press comes with no recipes or instructions. The first few tortillas from the first batch tore or stuck to the griddle (my fault), but I had very good results with the remainder of the first batch and excellent results the second time around. You will require large freezer storage bags or other food grade plastic sheet to press the masa dough between to avoid sticking. Also, a large cast iron skillet or griddle (I got a very good 2 burner one from Target manufactured by Lodge Logic for about $40) will be required. Except for obvious defects in worksmanship, I do not know how anyone could have complaints with this product. All the press can do is mash a ball of masa to uniform thinness, and this product does exactly that. Producing good tortillas, like most cooking, is a matter of art - that being, in this case, finding just the right combination of heat, time, masa, salt, and water.Customer Review: Well-built, but not perfect.
Summary: 4 Stars
This press is very heavy (it's cast iron, instead of aluminum) meaning you don't need to be especially strong to work the lever. It was greasy when it arrived, though, but nothing that a quick washing couldn't fix.
My only real complaint is that the tortillas don't come out very thin. Pressing the handle down all the way (with the unit I received) only flattens the dough to a thickness that's more appropriate for pita bread than for tortillas. Probably this could be fixed by attaching a couple layers of plastic between the two sides of the press, but for now I've just been using a rolling-pin to flatten out the tortillas until they're thin enough. Even if it doesn't "go the whole distance," I find it *much* easier to make tortillas that are consistently even and round using the press & rolling-pin combination, as opposed to just rolling the dough out without pressing it first, so the press was still a worthwhile investment for me.
Customer Review: Very pleased.
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife and I are very impressed with this tortilla press. My wife initially got a plastic press from a local store, and it was horrible. It wouldn't flatten out the tortillas at all because it would bend under pressure.
Then we tried the 6.5 inch aluminum press that is also sold here on amazon. It was much better than the plastic one, but we were still disappointed at the size of the tortillas.
This lead us to the 8 inch cast iron press. It's true that it's a little greasy out of the box, but after a quick washing with soap and water, it is good to go. After putting plastic wrap on both pressing surfaces we gave it a try. It presses our tortilla dough as thin as we want it, even too thin if we decide to push it that hard. The size of the tortillas is much better as well. I would recommend this press to anyone that is looking for a quality tortilla press.