Helena Tamales

Name: Helena Tamales
Prep time: 3 h 55 min
Cook time: 3 h 55 min
Total time: 3 h 55 min
Yield: 40
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 425 grams tomato sauce; 1 teaspoon chili powder; 170 grams package dried corn husks; 40 servings Cornmeal Dough; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 2 liters water

Helena Tamales is a gluten free and vegan recipe with 40 servings. One serving contains 41 calories, 1g of protein, and 1g of fat. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have tomato sauce, cornmeal dough, water, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours and 55 minutes.

Instructions

Soak corn husks in hot water to cover 1 hour or until softened.

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Corn Husks

Water

Drain husks, and pat dry.

Spread 2 tablespoons Cornmeal Dough into a 3- x 5-inch rectangle on one side of 1 husk, leaving a 2-inch border at bottom narrow edge and a 1/2-inch border at one long side.

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Cornmeal

Spread

Dough

Spoon 2 heaping tablespoons Chicken Filling down center of cornmeal dough rectangle, creating a 1-inch-wide strip.

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Cornmeal

Whole Chicken

Dough

Roll husk up, starting at the long side with 1/2-inch border, enclosing meat filling with the first turn. Fold bottom end with 2-inch border over, and secure with kitchen string or narrow strip of softened corn husk. Repeat procedure using remaining Cornmeal Dough and Chicken Filling.

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Cornmeal

Meat

Dough

Corn

Roll

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Kitchen Twine

Bundle together 6 filled corn husks, seam sides inward and open ends facing same direction, and secure with kitchen string. Repeat procedure with remaining filled corn husks, making 2 more bundles of 6 filled corn husks each.

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Corn Husks

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Kitchen Twine

Stand all 3 corn husk bundles, open ends up, in a large 12-quart stockpot. (If the bundles won't stand upright in the stockpot, place a 2-cup glass measuring cup upside down in the stockpot for the corn husk bundles to rest upon.)

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Corn

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Measuring Cup

Pot

Stir together tomato sauce, chili powder, and cumin.

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Chili Powder

Tomato Sauce

Cumin

Pour tomato sauce mixture and 2 1/2 quarts water around corn husk bundles in stockpot. (Do not pour directly over corn husks.) Cover and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low, and simmer, covered, 3 hours.

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Tomato Sauce

Corn Husks

Water

Corn

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Pot

Remove tamales, discarding tomato sauce mixture.

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Tomato Sauce

Tamales

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Kitchen Twine

Measuring Cup

Pot

Ingredients

Servings:

425grams

tomato sauce 1teaspoon

chili powder 170grams

package dried corn husks 40servings

Cornmeal Dough 1teaspoon

ground cumin 2liters

water

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Rose, Pinot Noir

Mexican works really well with Riesling, Sparkling rosé, and Pinot Noir. Acidic white wines like riesling or low-tannin reds like pinot noir can work well with Mexican dishes. Sparkling rosé is a safe pairing too. The Schloss Vollrads Riesling Spatlese with a 4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 29 dollars per bottle.

Schloss Vollrads Riesling Spatlese

Classic natural sweet Spatlese with nice acidity and elegant, natural residual sugar. Selective harvest, gentle processing of the must, systematic clarification, slow fermentation and careful finishing are the basics for this traditional Vollrads' Riesling.This wine pairs perfectly with Asian cuisine due to the harmony of sweetness and acidity. Also interesting taste combinations can be achieved through the pairing of blue-veined cheese or a fruit dessert.