Dinner Last Night
a retrospective...

Tamales

Last night.... Tamales.

We learned how to make tamales a long time ago from an expert. It was just before Christmas and we'd flown in the masa to friends. There are myriad recipes and it is an all day job. We've settled on flavoring our masa with the red sauce from the pork filling. We do a year's worth. Our friends always put olives inside but we forgot until about half way through, so we've put them on top here.

To make a full meal we pair them with a bed of lettuce and tomato, lots of guacamole and tortilla chips made in the oven.

Depending on where you live, you might have access to people who are expert at this and will sell you very authentic tamales. That makes for a quick and easy dinner like this one.

Tamales