Rav Moshe Katz, from the Kosharot organization, has written a psak regarding the correct bracha to be made on tortillas.
Rav Katz says there is a dispute what the correct bracha is to be made on tortillas.
Tortillas have been around for a long time in the USA and other countries, but they are still relatively new in Israel.
Rav Katz points out that the original form of tortilla, made from corn flour and water and then baked, has the bracha Shehakol made on it. Most tortillas sold nowadays in the supermarkets, at least in Israel, are not made from cornflour, but from regular flour.
With tortillas made from regular flour there is a dispute whether to make a mezonot bracha or hamotzi. Rav Katz says that because it is made from only flour and water, and is baked, it is clear the bracha should be Hamotzi.I would note that some say it is a mezonot because it is very thin, does not qualify is pat haba bkisnin, isn't made the same as bread (fluffier wraps might be different and qualify for hamotzi according to this opinion), and is more of a snack than a sandwich meal.
I make a Hamotzi on tortillas. They always seemed like bread to me, and they are used as a replacement for bread in an alternate form of a sandwich - rather than as a different type of snack food, and I did not even realize that some say it is mezonot.
Interestingly as well, Rav Katz points out based on the Rambam that at the end of days, in the days of Mashiach, we will be blessed with tremendous amounts of good and treats will be found all over. Rav Katz says every time he goes into the supermarket he sees new delicacies and foods, from Israel and from elsewhere, and is impressed with the bounty and the variety, new forms of storage and ways to keep it fresh, freezers and refrigerators storing products from Israel and all over the world... there are always new products. Rav Katz suggests that this fits with the Rambam's comment about the days of Mashiach..
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