Tortita (Mexican food)

Tortita, also known as Tortitas de papa, is a golden-brown fritter from Mexican cuisine.^[1] A specialty is the tortita de papa (potato fritter). This dish consists in boiled potato dough fried in oil.

The first written recipes for tortitas can be found in Mexican cookbooks from the 19th century, such as El cocinero mexicano (1831) (anonymous, 1831) or Nuevo y sencillo arte de cocina (de Antonia Carrillo, 1836).^[2]

References

^ "Tortitas de papa, receta sencilla ⋆ Larousse Cocina". Larousse Cocina (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-15.
^ El cocinero mexicano (PDF). Vol. I. Imprenta de Galván. 1831. pp. 281–305. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

[1] "Tortitas de papa, receta sencilla ⋆ Larousse Cocina". Larousse Cocina (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-15.

[2] El cocinero mexicano (PDF). Vol. I. Imprenta de Galván. 1831. pp. 281–305. Retrieved 2021-08-10.

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