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Picadillo con papas with homemade flour tortillas

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  • 2 cup all-purpose flour
  • salt
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • warm water
In a bowl, mix two cups of all-purpose flour, salt, two tablespoons of oil and warm water with a wooden spoon until play-dough-like; add flour if too wet, water if too dry.
Mixing the tortilla dough
Turn out, dust with a little flour and knead one minute until smooth.
Shape into a ball, cut into eight even pieces and roll each into a ball; rest on parchment under a towel about half an hour.
  • oil
  • yellow onion
  • diced pasillas
Cook yellow onion and diced pasillas in a splotch or two of oil a couple of minutes to soften.
  • 3 cloves big cloves garlic
  • 1 lb ground beef
Make a spot, add a touch more oil and three big cloves of garlic; when it smells fabulous add one pound of ground beef, breaking it up and cooking it through. Pour off excess liquid if there is a lot.
  • cumin
  • oregano
  • smoked paprika
  • salt and pepper
Season with cumin, oregano, smoked paprika and a good pinch of salt and pepper.
  • Italian peeled tomatoes
  • 1½ cup tomato puree
  • 2 tbsp Cholula
Add Italian peeled tomatoes, squeezing and busting them up, about a cup and a half of tomato puree, a couple tablespoons of Cholula, and a cup of beef broth.
Tomatoes, Cholula and broth
  • 1 cup beef broth
  • 2 whole russet potatoes
Stir in two evenly diced russet potatoes and push them under the surface; cover at a light simmer for 20 minutes.
Take the lid off to let it thicken as the liquid evaporates, to taste.
Press each dough ball in a tortilla press lined with an opened Ziploc bag and cook on the flat top about a minute to a minute and a half a side.
Pressing and cooking the tortillas
Serve the picadillo in a bowl or in the warm tortillas.
Eating it in warm tortillas