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Flour Gorditas are a very popular Mexican dish, we call this kind of food an "Antojito" or a "Crabbing", you  can find this kind of food on a food truck, or even at the most fancy Mexican restaurant.  A Gordita is similar to a South American Pupusa!  In the Mediterranean it will be known as a  Pita bread... 

In Mexico we have flour Gorditas and Corn Gorditas, both of them are delicious and the best part is that you can fill them up with anything you want.
Flour Gorditas are cooked on a griddle and Corn gorditas can be cook on a griddle or they can also be fried! My favorite are Fried Corn Gorditas! Maybe I will share the recipe soon!

Ingredients:


2 cups all purpose flour (16 ounces)
2 tablespoon vegetable shortening
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 cup warm water (some times flour is drier than usual so you might need a little more water) (115°-120°)

Special equipment:





Tortilla Presser







Gordita Presser







Griddle

I'm going to be kneading my dough on my counter top, you can blend everything using an electric mixer, but I'm going to do it the way my mama does. 
Combine flour, salt and baking soda.  
Empty the flour mixture onto the counter top, and bring everything into a pile, cut in the vegetable shortening and mix with your hands until you get the texture of coarse crumbs. 

Once the vegetable shortening is completely incorporated with the flour, gradually add the warm water onto the flour to form a soft dough.
 (you will need about 1/2 to 2/3 cups of warm water)

 
Add as much water as you need to create a soft yet firm dough.
Once the dough  has the right texture, knead it for about 2 or 3 minutes. And let it rest for about 20 minutes before start making
the gorditas.  Cover with a clean kitchen towel.

To make the gorditas you will nedd a Tortilla presser, if you don't have one, you can use a rolling pin to roll out the gorditas.

 After 20 minutes you can star making your gorditas, grab a little bit of dough and roll it into a ball. The size of the gordita depends on you, you can make it as big or as small as you want.
My Gordita balls are going to be about 2 inches in diameter and 1 inch thick.  Once you have all the gordita balls, we are going to press them down with a tortilla presser. (like I said before, if you don't have one of those, you can use a rolling pin to roll out the gorditas.

 Once the gorditas are pressed they will be about twice as big. Mine are about 4 inches in diameter and about 1/2 inch think. Cook the gorditas on a hot griddle, and as soon as you set it on the griddle, place a gordita presser on top of your gordita...

I don't have a gordita presser, so I'm using a small sauce pan filled with some water to press my gorditas down.
And that's about it, cook for about 2 - 3 minutes on each side.

As soon as the gorditas are ready, we w ill cut them open.. grab a small knife, deep it in some water and start cutting your gorditas open. Slice about half way around the gordita to create a pocket. And that's it!
You are ready to fill your gorditas with your favorite filling and  eat them!! Enjoy!!!

I filled my gorditas with some shredded chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, onion and I'm going to top it all with my favorite salsa!

You can filled them with beans, meat, veggies, anything you want! Be creative and enjoy!!!