Tamale Cake with Adobo Pork
Alejandra Cota
How about an original Mexican recipe for Tamale Cake with Adobo Pork? For this, you will need tamale dough; if you make it from scratch, it will be fluffier and fresher. Enjoy the spicy pork adobo made from guajillo and ancho chiles. This Tamale Cake with Adobo Pork is the perfect recipe to serve at your next event, as it is a very easy dish to make.
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Ingredients
8
Servings
  • 1 kilo pork chump, in pieces
  • 1 head garlic
  • 1/2 onions
  • 3 guajillo chiles, deveined and soaked
  • 3 ancho chiles, deveined and soaked
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1/4 cups white vinegar
  • 1/2 cups meat cooking broth
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 3 tablespoons lard
  • 350 grams lard, for the dough
  • 1 kilo masa mix for tamales, for the dough
  • 300 milliliters pork broth, for the dough
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder, for the dough
  • salt, for the dough
  • banana leaf, roasted
  • onion, pickled, for garnish
Preparation
1h 40 mins
1h 20 mins
Low
  • In a pot with boiling water, cook the pork with garlic, onion, and salt over medium heat. Using a slotted spoon, remove the foam, and continue cooking until done. Reserve the broth and shred the meat.
  • Blend the chiles with oregano, cumin, vinegar, cooking broth, garlic, onion, and season with salt and pepper.
  • In a saucepan, heat the lard over medium heat, add the shredded meat, pour in the sauce, and season with salt and pepper, cooking for 10 minutes or until reduced. Cool down.
  • For the tamale dough, beat the lard with a little cooking broth, add the tamale flour, baking powder, salt, and beat until you have a soft and homogeneous dough. Adjust seasoning.
  • Place the banana leaf over the mold, add half of the tamale dough, the meat, and cover with the remaining dough, cover with the banana leaf, and cook in a water bath for 1 hour.
  • Garnish with pickled onions with habanero.

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