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Anyone know of any?

I've only ever seen the "Old el paso " ones, (think it were them), and the ingredients were just plain scary. Not even just oil, there were easily thirty ingredients!

I have the special flour stuff to make me own, but it's too hard.

So anyone know of any?

I do not know of any specific brands in the UK, but I thought i would mention that the ones i buy are in the refrigerator section of the grocery store. Before I knew that, the only ones i could find (near the regular flour tortillas) also had a scary ingredient list. If you haven't already checked, you might check the fridge section to see if you can find some.

The ones I purchase are very inexpensive and contain only cornmeal, lime, and a few preservatives.

If that doesn't work, i believe you can find simple recipes online, and it might be helpful to purchase a tortilla press. If you search the forum, i'm pretty sure people have posted recipes before.

Good luck!
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It's not too hard, if I can do it, YOU can do it to. I thought the same thing until I read it was nothing more than corn flour and water, mix, cut, flatten and cook tortilla. A bit time consuming, but well worth it. I no longer buy tortillas, because as you said the contents are scary. Most I have seen around here in Northern California are 97% fat free, but still made with some form of oil.

But how do I flatten them? I've tried doin it in between wax paper and all that, and they always come out too thick!

I have used a rolling pin or the bottom of a skillet before I bought a tortilla press (Tortilla press at Amazon). The problem with getting them too thin, is that they end up breaking when I try to pull them off the tortilla press. Some of the best corn tortillas I have had before seem to have a good thickness to them.

Hi conz

I've not found any corn tortillas (oil free) in the UK yet.

I use khobez oil free wraps that I get from ocado but they are quite thick. The kingsmill 50/50 ones are not as good ingredients wise but are oil free and I have had to use them very occasionally when I run out of the others.

Alternatively I make my own chappatis/pittas/flatbreads. I have tried making tortillas but not with much success.

I did some research on this recently and found an online source. They make corn tortillas (white corn or yellow corn) in East London and ship them to you using a courier service (they can be frozen). I haven't yet ordered any myself so can't attest to the quality or customer service.

www.mexgrocer.co.uk

Alternatively you can visit them in East London (10 min walk from Bethnal Green tube station).

They also sell a tortilla press for £17.50 if you want to make your own the traditional way. (Actually the really traditional way is to pat a ball of masa dough between your hands until it forms a perfect circle. I lived in Mexico for 6 months when I was in my 20s and never mastered this!)

I'm in Birmingham so can't get there, but ima take a look at the site, tar!

Yer I'm gonna order from ocado at some point. I just checked the ingredients for those kingsmill wraps, they have emulsifiers in, which is like, added fats innit?

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Thanks TerriT for the supplier of corn tortillas - I'll have a look into those. When I had a go at making them they just looked awful! I make my own pittas/chappatis etc and they're fine but I couldn't get the hang of the corn ones.

I've only had the kingsmill ones once or twice but not again! I don't really buy many processed things and must have missed that on label reading. Think I need new glasses...

Same here. I got excited when I saw that some weig watchers breads were oil free, then I remembered what emulsifier is

You're welcome and please let me know how you like them! I haven't gotten around to ordering any yet, because I want to clear some space in the freezer first.