What is the best recipe for Guatemalan Christmas Tamales?

Question

We want to suprise a poor Guatemalan family with the ingredients so that they can have a special Christmas this year!

Answer 1

Guatemalan tamales are tricky to make. I learned from my grandmother but she never used a recipe. I recommend making something different or ask someone else from Guatemala to make it for you. But if you want to give it a try email me...

Answer 2

Tamales ****** (Black Tamales)
Sauce:
2 Tbs squash seeds, toasted
2 Tbs sesame seeds, toasted
1 chile pasa, toasted
1 chile guaque, toasted
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 /4 cup toasted bread crumbs
2 pounds ripe tomatoes, sliced
2 ounces bitter chocolate, melted
1/2 cup water
1 pound boneless chicken

Dough:
2 pounds masa harina
6 cups water
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 pound butter or margarine, melted

Prepare a smooth sauce in the food processor with all the sauce ingredients except the chicken. Cook the sauce and the chicken together in a covered pan over moderate to low heat for 20 minutes. Remove the chicken and cut it into 2 inch cubes. Set aside the chicken and the sauce. Mix the dough ingredients together and simmer in a pan over low heat for 30 minutes, stirring frequently, until the mash is thick and smooth. Set aside.

Assembling the Tamale: Aluminum foil cut into 12 inch squares (if you can find banana leaves, this is what they use in Guatemala) 1 small dired pitted prune for each tamale 2 raisins for each tamale 2 pitted green olives for each tamale Put 1/2 cup of the dough in the center of the foil sheet. Smooth it out to a rectangle 4x5 inches and 1 inch thick. Top this with 2 Tbs of the sauce and 1 cube of chicken. Around the side gently press in the prune, raisins and olives. Fold the foil toward the center, seal it, then give the ends a twist around to seal the ends. (If you found banana leaves, you would fold it into a packet and tie with string).

Answer 3

Ingredients:
1-1/2 pounds of tomatos
2 large pimiento chiles
3 dried chiles (include if you want it more spicy)
2 ounces of pepitoria (ground pumpkin seeds)
2 ounces de ajonjolí
1 small stick of cinnamon
1 ounce of lard
Achiote (Annatto)
Salt

Preparation:
Boil the tomatos with the pimiento chiles and dried chiles with a small amount of water. Liquify and colander while adding the achiote. Brown the ground pumpkin seeds, ajonjolí, and cinammon, and grind it dry in a blender. Mix the resulting powder with to cooked tomatos and colander. Boil for 20 minutes, adding the ounce of lard, pieces of meat and additional seasoning. This recado sauce needs to be rather thick and a bit salty since the tamales lose salt when they are cooked.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

I'm not really sure but try a cookbook more than likely the recipe your looking for is in a cook book good luck and merry Christmas.