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Improvised Mole Tamales
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Mexico Authentic home cooking from Mexico, with US measurements.
Originally published on Cookpad Mexico as Tamales de mole improvisados
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Improvised Mole Tamales

Mercedes Cossío
Mercedes Cossío @RecetasMercedes
México

During this quarantine, I had a terrible craving for tamales and wanted to order corn husks or banana leaves online to make them, but strangely, they weren't available on the supermarket's website. So, I decided to make them with aluminum foil and, in strict terms, I made them lacto-vegetarian by adding a slice of cheese along with the mole, and they turned out fantastic.

During this quarantine, I had a terrible craving for tamales and wanted to order corn husks or banana leaves online to make them, but strangely, they weren't available on the supermarket's website. So, I decided to make them with aluminum foil and, in strict terms, I made them lacto-vegetarian by adding a slice of cheese along with the mole, and they turned out fantastic.

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Improvised Mole Tamales

Mercedes Cossío
Mercedes Cossío @RecetasMercedes
México

During this quarantine, I had a terrible craving for tamales and wanted to order corn husks or banana leaves online to make them, but strangely, they weren't available on the supermarket's website. So, I decided to make them with aluminum foil and, in strict terms, I made them lacto-vegetarian by adding a slice of cheese along with the mole, and they turned out fantastic.

During this quarantine, I had a terrible craving for tamales and wanted to order corn husks or banana leaves online to make them, but strangely, they weren't available on the supermarket's website. So, I decided to make them with aluminum foil and, in strict terms, I made them lacto-vegetarian by adding a slice of cheese along with the mole, and they turned out fantastic.

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Ingredients

1 hour 20 minutes
4 servings
  • 9 piecesaluminum foil
  • 1 1/2 cupstortilla flour (Maseca or Minsa)
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 teaspoonbaking powder
  • 1/4 cupcorn oil or another mild oil
  • 1 boxliquid mole with chocolate (I bought Doña María)
  • Optional cheese to taste (omit cheese for vegetarian tamales)
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1 hour 20 minutes
  1. 1

    Take 1 1/2 cups of tortilla flour (Maseca or Minsa) and add salt, 1/4 cup of corn oil (we don't eat pork at home, so lard is completely out), add a teaspoon of baking powder, and enough water to make a manageable dough.

  2. 2

    Spread a bit of dough in a rectangular shape on a piece of aluminum foil, add mole sauce (I bought a liquid mole with chocolate), a small slice of cheese, and fold the foil from one side to the other, and from top to bottom, then place them in a steamer. With these quantities, I made 9 tamales. Steam them for 1 hour. Delicious.

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Mercedes Cossío @RecetasMercedes
Published in the US on April 22, 2025 08:55
México
>Licenciada en Ciencias Diplomáticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México>Maestría Internacional en Cocina Profesional, Esneca Business School. Lérida, Spain,Especialidades:>The Science of Gastronomy; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology>The New Nordic Diet-From Gastronomy to Health; University of Copenhagen>Transformation of the Global Food System; Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen>Stanford Introduction to Food and Health; Stanford University>Research Kitchen. Specialization Competitive Strategyand Organization Design. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)>Food & Beverage Management. Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi.>Unravelling solutions for Future Food problems Utrecht University>Building a Healthy Plate, Tufts University>Everyday Chinese Medicine I - II. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)LIBROS: "Las recetas de mis abuelas a mi manera", "Sabores en mi memoria", "Con sabor mexicano", “Yucatán en mi cocina”, “Comer en casa”, “Cocinar, ese placer…”, "Variando el menú diario", "La cocina, ese maravilloso laboratorio".(amazon.com/author/mercedescossio.cookingbooks)“Mecanismos de control de la política exterior", "La esclavitud ignorada", "Los Peón y Mimí Ginés. Lealtades y silencios" y "Género y equidad".Food Blogger. Los URL de mis BLOGS son: http://misrecetasydemas.blogspot.mx/ https://consabormexicano.wordpress.com/Yucatán en mi cocina (https://mcossiopeon.wordpress.com).En ellos encontrarán recetas de la antigua cocina mexicana, con muchas recetas de Yucatán y algunas incursiones en la cocina internacional. Instagram: RecetasMercedes. Twitter: @RecetasMercedes
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Mole Corn Maseca Cheese Tortilla

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