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Tamales

Ingredients
  

  • 3 c corn
  • 1 c water
  • 1 lb country style pork ribs or pork butt cut into small chunks
  • 3 cloves of garlic minced
  • 1 small yellow onion minced
  • 1 green bell pepper minced
  • 1/2 c tomato sauce
  • 1/3 c dry white cooking wine
  • 1 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper

Method
 

Prepare the pork
  1. Brown the pork in a pot over med-hi heat.
  2. In the fat that is rendered from the meat, make a "sofrito" with the onion, pepper, tomato sauce, garlic and white cooking wine and simmer the pork over med-low heat, covered, about 30 minutes.
Prepare the corn mash
  1. Add corn and water to your food processor and blend until you have a corn mash. Transfer to a bowl.
  2. Transfer the pork to the bowl with the corn mush.
  3. Season with salt and pepper, mix thoroughly.
Make the tamales
  1. Spoon the mixture into the corn husk, and make a packet by folding the leaf securely over the mixture and tie together with cooking twine.
  2. Place tamales in a large pot of boiling water and cook for an hour OR place them in a pressure cooker with enough water to cover them, and cook for 15-20 minutes.