Category: Wraps

Cold Wrap fillings

Following up from how to make your own tortilla wraps, here’s some good things to put in them!

I’ll get round to doing some hot fillings when I get the time but here’s 10 cold ones to be getting on with.

Beef and horseradish

Spread the horseradish over the whole wrap, layer sliced beef on top and roll up, nice and hot.

Dairy lea and ham

I’m a sucker for this 😂 I make it for my daughter, like above just spread the dairy lea over the open wrap and layer the ham on top, then roll up and cut in half/in to bites etc.

Chocolate spread

Quick and easy, better on pancakes but nice if you want a quick sweet treat, just spread it over the wrap and fold/roll up. Nosh.

Smoked salmon and cream cheese

Spread cream cheese over the open wrap and layer smoked salmon over the top. You can roll this up and cut it into 1cm pieces to use as canopes or as little snack bites.

Ham and mustard

Another classic combination, spread the mustard over the wrap and put the ham over the top. Fold/roll and enjoy.

Mango chutney and cheddar

I love this, spread the mango chutney over the open wrap and the grate cheese over the top. Fold/roll it up as you would and munch. Pop it in the microwave for 20 seconds if you want melted cheese, the wrap might go a bit floppy though.

Coleslaw

As simple as it sounds, fill, wrap, eat, repeat.

Mozzarella and beef tomato.

Slice a beef tomato and ball of mozzarella as finely as you can lay the tomato over the open wrap, dash a little balsamic over the tomato and sprinkle with salt, the put the mozzarella on top. Roll up and eat.

Cheese basil and tomato.

Get some fresh basil and your favourite cheese. Slice the tomato as fine as you can. Spread some pesto over the open wrap and grate some cheese over the top. Put in whole leave of basil or chop it up and sprinkle over the top. Top with the tomato and fold/roll up.

Tartare sauce and tuna

Spread the tartare over the open wrap, open and drain the tuna and sprinkle over the top. Fold/roll up and enjoy.

Tortilla wraps recipe

Tortilla wraps!

What better thing to roll food up in and munch on.

I’ve had a request for some recipe ideas for things to put in wraps, but first I thought it’d be good to show you how to make your own wraps, it’s not as hard as you might think.

Ingredients (makes about 8 wraps)

  • 400g self raising flour
  • 1-2 tsp salt
  • About 50ml olive oil
  • 300ml warm water

Equipment

  • Mixing bowl
  • Sieve
  • Rolling pin
  • Frying pan
  • Sieve (optional)

Prep and cooking (10-15 minutes)

  1. First sift the flour into a mixing bowl, add the salt.
  2. Add the oil to the warm water, now pour over the flour and mix with your hands until a dough is formed, if it’s too wet put some more flour on your hands.
  3. Knead the dough for 2-3 minutes.
  4. Cut into 8 equal pieces, roll them out into tortillas, I find it easier to do it just before cooking as the start to shrink when you stop rolling.
  5. Heat a little oil to a medium heat in a pan, cook the tortillas for 1-2 minutes on each side until they start to brown.

I wrote a song but it’s more of a wrap

So there it is!

Whilst tortilla wraps are generally cheap enough (about £1 for 8, or around 12p each) making your own is even cheaper! (and more satisfying).

These homemade tortillas come in at a whopping 2p each, maybe 4-5p if you use fancy flour or olive oil, so you can get 6 for the price of 1!

I’ll be putting up some recipes for how to fill these tasty beasts soon so keep an eye out!

TTFN.