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Tamales Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
MASA:
10 lbs. masa (dough)
2 lbs. lard
3 tbsp. salt
2 tsp. chili powder
2 to 2½ c. broth (juice from meat)

MEAT:
15 lbs. picnic or shoulder pork
salt
garlic
3 cloves
6 tsp. ground garlic
1 oz. chili powder
2 whole cuminos + 1 tsp. ground cumin
2-3 c. broth
salsa picante dry hot sauce
Directions:
Directions:
Masa: Mix all ingredients. Knead dough until it does not stick to hand. Taste. Add salt if needed. Add 2 tsp. chili powder to dough for color and mix.

Meat: Cook meat with garlic and little salt. Boil until tender. Add garlic cloves & powder, cuminoes & ground cumin (grind together). Add spices to 2-3 cups of broth in pot with about 1 tsp. of oil. Add meat to broth, simmer to desired thickness. Add a little salsa picante dry hot sauce to simmering meat.
Spread masa on corn husks then add meat roll. Steam in a pot until cooked throughly.

Gravy to pour over tamales:
Brown flour, chili powder, garlic & oil. Pour tamales broth and add meat from tamales.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
She was a very good cook!!

 

 

 

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