Canary Tamales

Name: Canary Tamales
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 8 small tamales
Ingredients: 1 cup rice flour (about 200 grams); 1/3 cup Maseca corn flour or more rice flour (about 50 grams); 1/2 cup butter (about 100 grams); 1/2 tablespoon baking powder; 1/4 cup sugar (about 50 grams); 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk (about 150 grams); 8 corn husks or aluminum foil as a substitute

poramoralhambre @poramoralhambre

Mexico, Ciudad de México, México

I was always intrigued by Canary tamales. When I saw the recipe from @cook_5363846 and realized I had everything at home to make them, I got to work. I was surprised they included rice because I thought most were just made with cornmeal or wheat flour, but in this case, I liked it for a bit of variety and found it very interesting for when you can't get tamale flour for some reason. You have to try them! I used my Thermomix, but you can make them without it without any problems. However, I don't recommend the guided recipe because it didn't work for me.

poramoralhambre @poramoralhambre

Mexico, Ciudad de México, México

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Ingredients

2 hours

8 small tamales

1 cuprice flour (about 200 grams)
1/3 cupMaseca corn flour or more rice flour (about 50 grams)
1/2 cupbutter (about 100 grams)
1/2 tablespoonbaking powder
1/4 cupsugar (about 50 grams)
2eggs
1 teaspoonvanilla extract
2/3 cupsweetened condensed milk (about 150 grams)
8corn husks or aluminum foil as a substitute

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Steps

2 hours

1

Beat the butter with the sugar and vanilla extract using an electric mixer until very creamy. Then add the eggs one at a time. Add the sweetened condensed milk and beat again.
2

Add the baking powder and a pinch of salt. Beat and gradually add the flours until you achieve a spreadable consistency.
3

Spread the mixture on each husk, or if you don't have them like me, you can improvise with aluminum foil. I know it's not the most traditional, but it helps in a pinch. Add raisins and chopped nuts to each tamale.
4

Steam for about 1 hour or until the filling easily separates from the husks.