Julia’s Mexican Restaurant

Category: Mexican Kitchen Tools — page 2

Buying guides for the tools of a Mexican kitchen, from comals and tortilla presses to molcajetes, written by a working Mexican restaurant in Houston.

Mexican Kitchen Tools Heated or Cast Iron? The Best Tortilla Press for Commercial Use Heated clamshell, heavy cast iron, stainless or roller machine: presses that suit restaurants and food trucks, the power they need, and where Amazon stops.
Mexican Kitchen Tools Press, Heat or Roll? The Best Tortilla Press for Roti and Chapati Can a tortilla press make roti? What works with wheat dough: wide cast iron presses, adjustable and heated roti presses, and when a rolling pin is…
Mexican Kitchen Tools Shopping Smart: The Best Value Tortilla Press for Your Money The best value tortilla press is about weight, plate size and build, not the lowest price. Eight budget and mid-range presses, and how to judge them.
Mexican Kitchen Tools Before You Buy the Best Electric Roti Maker for Home Press-and-cook roti makers and open electric plates for a US kitchen: which ones are rated for 120 volts, what to expect from the puff, and which…
Mexican Kitchen Tools Dent, Flour or Blue? How to Choose the Best Corn for Masa Harina Which dried corn makes good masa at home, the bags worth buying, the cal you need with them, and how nixtamal turns kernels into dough.
Mexican Kitchen Tools White, Organic or Bulk? The Best Masa Harina for Pupusas Pupusas are Salvadoran, but the dough is nixtamalized masa. The bags worth buying for pupusas, and how to mix a dough that seals without cracking.
Mexican Kitchen Tools Picking the Best Masa Harina for Champurrado: What Matters The best masa harina for champurrado: fine, nixtamalized flours that thicken chocolate atole without grit, from Bob's Red Mill to Masienda and Maseca.
Mexican Kitchen Tools Wood or Wire? Molinillo vs Whisk for Mexican Hot Chocolate Molinillo vs whisk for Mexican hot chocolate: how each makes foam, technique, wooden molinillo care, frother and blender options, and one pick for each.
Mexican Kitchen Tools Who Should Buy It? Our IMUSA Tortilla Press Review IMUSA tortilla press review: the 8-inch aluminum press's specs, strengths, drawbacks, what America's Test Kitchen found, and cast iron alternatives.
Mexican Kitchen Tools Before You Buy: Victoria Tortilla Press Review Our Victoria tortilla press review compares the 8-inch Traditional, 8-inch HD and 10-inch HD from Victoria's specs and published reviews.
Mexican Kitchen Tools No Press? The Tortilla Press Alternative That Actually Works No tortilla press? A glass pie plate, heavy skillet, rolling pin or electric maker can stand in. What works for corn and flour, and what results…
Mexican Kitchen Tools Stone or Blades? Molcajete vs Blender for Salsa Molcajete or blender for salsa? Texture, speed, batch size, cleanup and which salsas suit each, with our pick on each side.