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Saturday, September 13, 2014

Pumpkin Pie Tamales Recipe

We're only a week about from September and you know what that means... pumpkin flavored everything! From coffee to doughnuts to even pumpkin raviolis 'tis the season for pumpkin-EVERYTHING. IMUSA, leader in Hispanic cookware, is even jumping on the trend with their recipe for "Pumpkin-Pie" Tamales. This recipe takes the traditional Mexican Masa tamales and adds all the fall season's favorite ingredients like ginger, nutmeg, raisins and pumpkin (of course), leaving this sweet side dish a sure favorite with anyone who gets their hands on one.

* Photo and Recipe are Courtesy of IMUSA.

Pumpkin Pie Tamales Recipe

40 to 60 dried corn husks
7 cups maseca corn flour
3 cups packed brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 29-ounce cans of pumpkin puree
4 sticks of butter, melted
2 cups of warm milk
2 cups of walnuts, chopped
12 ounces of raisins

Fill a large bowl with warm water and soak corn husks until softened, about 30 minutes.

In an extra large bowl add Maseca corn flour and the rest of the dry ingredients. Mix together making sure that all of the clumps are broken up with your fingers. Then add all of the wet ingredients and once again, use your hands to mix the corn flour. Add more water as needed until you achieve the consistency of peanut butter. Fold in the walnuts and raisins.

Assemble the tamales by using a rubber spatula to spread 1⁄2 cup to 1 cup of dough mixture onto the corn husk, depending on the size of the corn husk. The spread should cover about two thirds of the husk, away from the pointed end, making sure you leave some space on each side to fold. Gently fold one side of the corn husk to the other end and fold up the pointed end across. Lay each tamale fold-side down. There should be an open end to each tamale.

Once the tamales are folded, fill the IMUSA TAMALE STEAMER with water just below the fill line and place the steam tray on the rack. Carefully place each tamale standing up on the steam tray without overloading it and bring water to a simmer. Steam with the lid on for 90 minutes.

Remove each tamale with tongs and let rest for a few minutes before serving it as a sweet side-dish. MAKES 40-60 TAMALES.

IMUSA Tamale Steamer

When it comes to steaming seafood, or making tamales (a Mexican dish made by steaming masa and filling with meats and cheeses), bigger is better! The IMUSA 16 Qt. Tamale/Steafood Steamer is the perfect size for cooking large batches of seafood, from lobster and crab to mussels and crab legs, and can cook up to 60 tamales.

Disclosure: The recipe and photo is this post are courtesy of IMUSA. All rights reserved.

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