Norpro Cast Aluminum Tortilla Press
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: NorproBrand: Norpro
Model: 1063
Product features:
- Traditional tool for forming corn tortillas
- Made of heavy cast aluminum, polished to a chrome finish
- Presses out 6-inch tortillas
- Recipe included
- Wipe clean with damp or dry cloth
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Norpro Cast Aluminum Tortilla Press
Customer Review: Physics of press leaves much to be desired. From a Chicano.
Summary: 2 Stars
There's often a construction detail that is left out in manufacturing these. Though this thing does press the masa into a disk, it will come out uneven in thickness. If you watch the top plate when you press the masa ball, the top plate will warp or bow as the masa lump resists it in the middle. The tortilla is pinched thinner near the handle. That's one problem. The other problem is the gap between the plates near the hinge. I don't think the manufacturers carefully gauge the gap between the plates nearest the hinge. If the plates actually touch near the hinge area, and they often do, the masa gets extremely pinched to transparency in that area. If this happens along with the warping when pressing, you get a tortilla that is fat in the middle and piched at two edges. Viewing it on edge you get a flying saucer shape.
Five solutions:
1) After pressing, even out the thickness with fingers or rolling pin. It helps if you press slowly, release and press slowly again. Pressing slowly prevents the warping of the top plate creating a more even tortilla. If you press too hard to fast, you risk snapping the handle.
2) Reject pliable aluminum and purchase a stiff cast iron one that you inspect visually for a proper gap between the plates near the hinge.
3) Acquire a mesquite wood one that is properly gapped near the hinge. If it's not you can always unscrew the hinge and reposition it. Pine wood is too soft to stand up to time.
4) Go back to hand rolling.
5) Buy packaged sawdust shaped to look like corn tortillas.
BTW - As a side note, 6 inches for a tortilla is a bit small and really kind of girly man size. Maybe they're supposed to mimick Tapas proportions from Spain. The tiny tortillas are quaint, dainty and authentic size I suppose and yet I think they were meant for four foot high Mexicans from the desert mountains. But I'm hungry and I want a manly, American consumer size tortilla the size of Texas! In my travels in Mexico I remember the little stands that offered these miniscule soft tacos which were okay for finches, sparrows and canaries, but common on - FEED ME!!! There are 8 inch presses out there and the wooden ones tend to make larger tortillas.
Description of Norpro Cast Aluminum Tortilla Press
Norpro Tortilla PressThis traditional press allows home cooks to make corn tortillas that are superior to the mass-produced product found in supermarkets from Oaxaca to Cheyenne. Simply follow the easy recipe included with the press, roll up a ball of dough, press it down lightly with your fingertips in the center of the press, and push down the press's lever. Not only does this yield better-tasting tortillas, it's tons of fun--especially for kids. Norpro's 6-inch press is made of heavy cast aluminum polished to a chrome finish. --Fred Brack
Quesadilla & Tortilla Makers
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