Tamales Dulces

Name: Tamales Dulces
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 500g masa harina; 150g lard or butter; 200g sugar; 300ml warm water; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp vanilla; pink food colouring few drops; 100g raisins; 30 dried corn husks, soaked

Sweet pink masa tamales with raisins — the festive Mexican treat. Beating the lard and sugar until genuinely fluffy before mixing in the masa harina gives these tamales their light, airy texture instead of a dense, heavy one.

Total time

100 min

Prep

45 min

Cook

55 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Mexican

vegetarian

Ingredients

500gmasa harina

150glard or butter

200gsugar

300mlwarm water

1 tspbaking powder

1 tspvanilla

pink food colouringfew drops

100graisins

30dried corn husks, soaked

Instructions

Beat lard and sugar until fluffy. Mix in masa harina, baking powder, vanilla and water.

Add pink colouring and raisins.

Spread masa on soaked husks, fold and tie.

Steam upright 50 minutes until masa releases cleanly from husk.

Serve warm or at room temperature.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

726

Protein

11.9g

Fat

4.9g

Carbs

165.3g

Fiber

8.9g

Sodium

126mg

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