HUEVOS EN CAMISA “EGG IN A SHIRT”

There’s a saying in Mexico that when a girl’s tortillas puff up, it’s a sign that she is ready to get married. In that case, I would’ve been in trouble, because I became my family’s tortilla maker at age seven, studying what Victoria—the woman who helped at our house—did and practicing dutifully until I got my tortillas to puff up like hers. Once I could make tortillas, I learned how to cook huevos en camisa, which was one of my favorite childhood snacks and is now one of my son Lucas’s favorite things to munch on whenever we’re making tortillas together. Huevo en camisa translates to “egg in a shirt.” In this case, the tortilla is the shirt that the egg is wearing. This is the way it works: right after the second fl ip, when the masa is puffed with air, you make a quick slit in the tortilla, break an egg right into it, and put the whole thing back on the comal or skillet so that the egg cooks inside the tortilla. It’s incredibly simple—and delicious. If you can cook huevos en camisa, it means you’ve mastered the technique of making fresh tortillas, and this dish lets you show off your skills

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Step 1

Warm an ungreased comal or skillet over medium-high heat.

Step 2

Following the instructions on this page, form a tortilla and drop it onto the comal or into a skillet over medium-high heat. After the second f l ip, when the tortilla puffs up, transfer it to a cutting board and quickly use a paring knife to make a slit in the puffed edge. Crack an egg directly into the slit. Return the tortilla, now encasing the raw egg, to the comal or skillet. Fry the tortilla for about 1 minute on each side, until the egg is fried inside its tortilla “shirt.”

Step 3

Season with the salt and serve with salsa. Eat immediately.