Large, Dense Tortillas with Toppings

Clayudas

Preparation info
  • 6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Food and Life of Oaxaca: Traditional Recipes from Mexico′s Heart

By Zarela Martínez

Published 1997

  • About

To be perfectly honest, this recipe is only an approximation of something I can’t bear to leave out. I have such wonderful memories of mild, heavenly evenings in Oaxaca City when people flock to the food stalls around the Benito Juárez market and sit eating clayudas as we would eat pizza. They are lustier, chewier cousins of blandas—huge tortillas cooked to a dense consistency and served with an array of toppings. In the classic version, the tortillas are first spread with a layer