Tamales
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Pies
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 5
The real mexican recipe for tamales any kind of fillings. Recipe has been changed to save time but not cut back on taste one bit.
 

Ingredients:

5 pounds Corn Masa (available in meat dept in groc. stores)
2 cups shortening/lard
2 teaspoon salt
50 pieces corn husks (soak in water for 1 hour)
5 cups any filling
2 pounds pork shoulder
1 package California dried chiles
10 medium chiles del arbol (chinese dried chiles)
1 HEAD whole garlic
1 large onion
 

Preparation:

Cook pork until tender salt to taste. Steam all chiles, onion, garlic for 10 min then blend. Spoon chile mixture into pork and smash together making a thick combination. Mix lard and salt to taste to corn masa and mix very well. Spoon masa into a husk leaf and spread top half middle section only. then spoon in 2 tablespoons of pork mixture and fold in 3 like an envelope. The stand in a pot with a bottom steamer until all done. Cover tamales with a wet cloth and lid. Steam for 2 hours and serve hot. You can make a sour cream topping or salsa topping.