tortilladora

plural tortilladoras

1. A tortilla press.

   Modern tortilladoras are made from cast iron and painted silver to prevent rusting.

   2010, Chelsie Kenyon, Knack Mexican Cooking: a Step-by-Step Guide to Authentic Dishes Made Easy, Guilford, C.T.: Knack, →ISBN, page 6

   2 more examples

   With outer shells removed, the corn kernels are ready to be ground into masa, just add water. Once the masa is thick and doughy, all you need is a tortilladora and some heat to finish your delicious homemade tortillas.

   2021 May 20, Kathryn Gray, “UCSD, City College students reveal the science behind tortilla-making”, in San Diego City Times, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2025

   I kept getting overmatched by the basic sequence: roll out my masa ball; flatten it, leaning really hard on the lever of tortilladora press; smooth my resulting mutant tortilla by hand three times between sheets of plastic, flipping it once; unpeel the sheets of plastic; swiftly drape them over the tortilladora with one hand while with the other holding my "tortilla" (torn-edged, ugly) without crinkling it, then lay it gently—slap too hard, air bubbles will form—on the comal so it lands perfectly straight.

   2023, Anya von Bremzen, National Dish: Around the World in Search of Food, History and the Meaning of Home, London: One, →ISBN, pages 221–222