Dough – Why use lard in tortilla dough

Depending on where you are, the word tortilla can mean a few different things. In Mexico it refers to a flatbread made of either wheat or corn and a few other ingredients. These flatbreads tend to come in standard sizes in the United States at least, one of which might be labeled the "burrito" size.

A burrito is one use for a tortilla. A burrito consists of a wheat flour tortilla wrapped around a filling. Often the filling might include beans, cooked meat, rice, and perhaps vegetables.

Salt toughens gluten and makes the dough less sticky. So with that said, it would make it much easier to work in too much flour and make the pierogi dough more dense. Do a search on the following page for "biscuit" and read the few paragraphs before.

http://www.saltinstitute.org/Articles-references/References-on-salt-use/References-on-salt-use/References-on-salt-in-food