Tamal de Rajas con Crema

Name: Tamal de Rajas con Crema
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 500g masa harina; 300g lard or butter; 400ml warm vegetable stock; 1 tsp baking powder; 4 poblano chillis, roasted peeled and sliced; 200g cream cheese; 150g Oaxacan cheese, shredded; 16 corn husks, soaked

Roasted poblano and cream cheese tamales — vegetarian, rich and deeply satisfying. Beating the lard until genuinely fluffy before mixing in the masa gives the tamale dough its light, airy texture instead of a dense, greasy one.

Total time

150 min

Prep

60 min

Cook

90 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Mexican

vegetariangluten-free

Ingredients

500gmasa harina

300glard or butter

400mlwarm vegetable stock

1 tspbaking powder

4poblano chillis, roasted peeled and sliced

200gcream cheese

150gOaxacan cheese, shredded

16corn husks, soaked

Instructions

Beat lard until fluffy, mix with masa harina, stock and baking powder.

Mix poblano strips with cream cheese.

Spread masa on husks, add poblano filling and Oaxacan cheese.

Fold and seal husks.

Steam upright 1.5 hours.

Rest 10 minutes before serving.

Serve with salsa verde and sour cream.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

629

Protein

14.5g

Fat

21.9g

Carbs

97.9g

Fiber

Sodium

663mg

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