Recipe for 10 people.
What bear?
* 1 kg. Mass for tortillas
* 2 liters of water
* 500 grams of lard
* 1 teaspoon achiote seeds or failing commercial achiote paste
* 3 epazote leaves
* 40 boxes of banana leaf 25 centimeters long and 15 centimeters wide, roasted for smooth.
The filling:
* 1 chicken cut into pieces, can be substituted with chicken
* 600 grams leg of pork cut into chunks
* 4 cloves of roasted garlic
* 8 Castilla peppers
* A pinch of cumin
* 1 teaspoon achiote paste
* ½ liter broth
* 400 grams of tomato peeled and chopped without seeds
* 3 epazote leaves
* Salt to taste.
The habanero chile sauce:
* 8 chilies habaneros, without seeds
* 1 clove garlic roast
* ¼ cup sour orange juice or 1 / 8 cup fresh orange and 1 / 8 cup vinegar
* Salt to taste.
How prepared?
The tamales:
It dilutes the mass in the water and skimmed through a blanket of heaven is left to stand and when the estate has been settled in the bottom of the container, it pulls the water.
The butter is made with achiote and heat Slips on the dough, stir well with the latter and with salt to taste and add leaves chopped epazote well. It extends a little mass on each sheet, adds the filling, fold the leaves about forming rectangles, were tied with a strip of the same banana leaves, are accommodating lying in a vapour or a tamal case and left boil for one hour or until easily become detached from the banana leaf.
The filling:
Put to cook meat with roasted garlic cloves, salt to taste and water to cover. It grinds achiote with peppers, cumin and broth and add to the foregoing if this release the boil.
It boiled meat until they are soft and broth is reduced, then the tomato is added and the epazote and tested salt. Once thickened sauce and the tomato is properly cooked, withdrew from fire. The meat will crumble and mix with a little sauce.
The habanero chile sauce:
It blend very well all the ingredients.
How do we serve?
In a deep basket wrapped in a napkin so as not to cool and habanero sauce in a small pot mud.
At the plate, opened on banana leaf and covered with tomato sauce.
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