And More Homemade Tamales

Title:
And More Homemade Tamales

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Mexican




Ingredients:





    10 lb Meat-venison roast/pork


          Roast mix -- any roasts


    10 lb Massa


   1/2    - 3/4 can


     1 lg Jar


     1    Reg  jar


     1 lg Jar


          Salt


          Lard -- (the big can)


          Chili powder


          Garlic powder


          Cumin






 Boil the meat with garlic powder until mushy.  Drain broth and flake mushy


 meat. Season  with all the cumin and salt.  Add 1/2 cup of the broth back


 to make the consistancy more mushy. (you can do this step the day before)


 Mix the lard, salt and chili powder to the Massa. Add in enough of the


 broth to make the Massa spreadable. Take one package of corn husks which


 have been soaked for 30 minutes in water and separate. To make the tamales,


 spread some Massa mixture (about 1 or 2 tablespoons) over the corn husk,


 about 1/4 inch thick, starting about 2 inches from the bottom of the husk.


 This part will have no Massa and will be folded over the tamale to seal it.


 Put about 1 tablespoon of filling into the tamale, roll, fold over the


 empty corn husk to seal. When you have made about 2 to 3 dozen, stand


 upright in a pan with either a steamer or wadded aluminum foil to keep the


 tamales straight, open end up. Put about 2 inches of water in the pan and


 pour more broth INTO the open ends of the tamales to soak. Cover and steam


 for 45 minutes to an hour. (Increase or decrease steam time depending on


 how many tamales are in the pan) The great part of this recipe is tasting


 the batch you just made to see if it is tasty. Increase the heat by adding


 a diced jalapeno or serano pepper. The chili powder adds enough heat to


 spice them, but children can still eat them. The peppers are for the


 die-hard dragons in the group. Also, if you don't get the Massa salty


 enough you should adjust that.  Vary each batch, label, wrap 6 to a package


 with freezer paper and enjoy!


 


 Recipe By     :


 


 From: Ladies Home Journal- August 1991


 


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