Tamales - Pork-Filled - 2

Recipe Ingredients

5 lbs	2270g / 80oz	Pork shoulder
1		Garlic
1/4 cup	59ml	Ground red chile - (up to 1/2)
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Ground oregano
1 tablespoon	15ml	Flour
		Water
6 cups	1422ml	Masa harina
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Lard
2 teaspoons	10ml	Salt
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Dried corn husks

Recipe Instructions

Cover the pork with water, add the garlic, and bring to a boil. Simmer gently, covered, until meat is tender. Cool slightly. Discard the garlic. Chop the meat and set aside. Mix the chile powder, oregano, and flour with 2 cups of the meat stock and add this to the chopped meat. Bring to a boil and simmer gently until mixture is thick. Cool. Beat the lard until it is light and fluffy. Blend in the masa harina. Then add enough meat stock or water to make the mixture soft and pliable.

You should be able to spread it easily, but it shouldn't be soupy. Soak the husks in hot water until they are soft. Drain. Spread a thin layer of masa on a husk. Put a heaping tablespoon of the meat mixture down the center of the masa. Roll the husk carefully around the meat filling. Wrap another husk from the opposite side. Don't squish them! Tie ends with string. Stand the tamales on their ends on a layer of corn husks in a steamer or blancer. Steam for about an hour. Drain and serve with more red chile sauce and beans.

Source:
Eric Freeman

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