Ulog 91: Making Homemade Tamales In The Pressure Canner- Oh YES I Did!
Every now and again Mr Golden D will get a taste for something. And not just your run of the mill let's make a pizza, or devour a bowl of ice cream. Oh heavens no! He goes for the unusual. The sometimes hard to make. The sometimes hard to gather ingredients types of things.
And the other day we were going to run over to a little Mexican store that has a lunch counter where they make some of the best tamales and the MOST overstuffed burritos imaginable!
But they were closed!
Days later, he was still craving some tamales, so while he was at work, I was able to get to the store (about a mile from our homestead), purchased some dried corn husks and Mexican corn flour and I set to work making my man some much needed taste bud craving relief.
Tamale Recipe
Dough
- 3 1/2-cups of Mexican Corn Flour
- 3-cups hot water
- 1/2 pound of lard (I used shortening as I don't keep lard in my pantry)
- 5-tablespoons butter- unsalted
- 2-teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2-teaspoons baking powder
Mix the Mexican corn flour and water together until blended and resembles the consistency of Play-Doh.
In a standing/counter top mixer, blend the shortening/lard and butter until creamed together. Add in the salt and baking powder and mix. Add the flour and water mixture to the creamed mixture in four or five equal amounts. Blend until the dough looks like a cornbread mixture. Refrigerate for 20-30 minutes.
Here is the website Tastes Better From Scratch where I saw how to fold the tamales up. I was worried about how difficult it would be, but this picture tutorial was a tremendous help. Once I got the first two or three tamales rolled up, the rest were a breeze.
I don't have an Instant Pot, a steamer or any other special pot to make the tamales, but when I was searching for the recipe for the dough, I came across a few blogs that used their pressure canners to make the tamales. So I figured... why not!
Pressure canned at 10-lbs of pressure for 25 minutes
They were U-N-B-E-L-I-E-V-A-B-L-E!
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What a great idea, the new pressure cooker! They look so delicious!
Those look great! Yum!
Wow, I absolutely love tamales but have never made them. These look amazing. Do you use the corn husks only once? I have to try this one, thanks @goldendawne, I'm sure your hubby was in heaven with these (much better than going out right?)
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I will take chicken. A dozen. 😀😋 You are spoiling your man my dear 😉 but I am sure he deserves it.
Did you put a green olive in each? It's tradition around here....
Those look terrific and I just happen to know that some restaurants and suppliers use a pressure canner to handle high traffic. Seems to work just fine around here.
Nicely done!
That's really the first time and heard of tamales, they look delicious!
That's really the first
Time and heard of tamales,
They look delicious!
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