Pumpkin-Poblano Tamales
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 chicken bouillon cube
- 1/2 cup lard
- 1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin
- 1 tsp. CALUMET Baking Powder
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 2 cups masa harina
- 1 pkg. (16 oz.) banana leaves, cut into 8-inch pieces
- 4 roasted poblano chiles, peeled, deveined and cut into strips
- 1 pkg. (8 oz.) KRAFT Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
- 1 cup BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
- Add hot water to bouillon cube in small bowl; let stand until dissolved.
- Use wooden spoon to mix lard, pumpkin, baking powder and cinnamon in large bowl until blended.
- Add masa harina and chicken broth; stir until mixture forms soft dough.
- Spread 1/4 cup masa dough into 4-inch square down center of each of 16 banana leaves, leaving about 2 inches at top of leaf.
- Top each with about 2 Tbsp.
- each chiles and cheese.
- Fold over sides and both ends of each leaf to completely enclose filling.
- Tie closed with strips cut from some of the remaining banana leaves.
- Pour 3 cups water into tamalera.
- Use enough of the remaining banana leaves to line bottom and side of tamalera.
- Add tamales, overlapping as necessary to fit; cover with remaining leaves.
- Steam 1 hour or until tamales are done, adding water to tamalera if needed.
- (Tamales are cooked when they pull away from leaves.)
- Cool slightly.
- Serve with sour cream.
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Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/pumpkin-poblano-tamales-166479.aspx (may not work)