Sweet Potato & Mozzarella Tamales
- 1 cup hot water
- 1 chicken bouillon cube
- 1/2 cup lard
- 1-1/2 cups mashed cooked sweet potatoes
- 1 tsp. CALUMET Baking Powder
- 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 2 cups masa harina
- 32 large corn husks, soaked in hot water 30 min., drained and divided
- 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, potatoes, baking powder and nutmeg 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 corn husks, leaving about 2 inches at top of husk; top with 2 Tbsp.
- cheese.
- Fold over sides and both ends of each husk to completely enclose filling.
- Pour 3 cups water into tamalera.
- Use enough of the remaining corn husks to line bottom and side of tamalera.
- Stand tamales, open ends up, in tamalera; cover with remaining husks.
- Steam 1 hour or until tamales are done, adding water to tamalera if needed.
- (Tamales are cooked when they pull away from husks.)
- Cool slightly.
- Serve with sour cream.
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Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/sweet-potato-mozzarella-tamales-162412.aspx (may not work)