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23 hours ago, Smithy said:

Is this supposed to be vital wheat gluten, or a high-gluten flour?

Hi -- As I understand the note in text accompanying the recipe, this is enhance the gluten of the flour if you have not used a high-gluten flour.  Teh point of getting the gluten high is to keep the flour sufficiently pliable when it's rolled out thinly (I didn't post the recipe, because rules, but this is a rolled tortilla and not a pressed one).  So I interpreted the term to mean what I know from Rose Levy Berenbaum as "vital wheat gluten".  Maybe just an added bit of bagel flour would work too; I don't know but I know someone around here definitely does know.  

 

[As an aside, if I recall correctly KAP used to call their highest gluten flour "Excalibur".  I totally loved this.]

 

Re the filling:  I actually HATE burritos with a whole lot of filling.  Tacos, too -- I want the tortilla to be a substantial part of the taste experience. [This might be connected, I don't like a lot of sauce on pasta either, nor a lot of dressing on salad].  I think Chipotle's are inedible, they are so full.  You have to have a fork!  

 

Meanwhile.  I now need a Sichuan chicken burrito, immediately.  

SLB

SLB

23 hours ago, Smithy said:

Is this supposed to be vital wheat gluten, or a high-gluten flour?

Hi -- As I understand the note in text accompanying the recipe, this is enhance the gluten of the flour if you have not used a high-gluten flour.  Teh point of getting the gluten high is to keep the flour sufficiently pliable when it's rolled out thinly (I didn't post the recipe, because rules, but this is a rolled tortilla and not a pressed one).  So I interpreted the term to mean what I know from Rose Levy Berenbaum as "vital wheat gluten".  Maybe just an added bit of bagel flour would work too; I don't know but I know someone around here definitely does know.  

 

[As an aside, if I recall correctly KAP used to call their highest gluten flour "Excalibur".  I totally loved this.]

 

Meanwhile.  I now need a Sichuan chicken burrito, immediately.  

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