hot tamale!

[caribougrrl]

ok, hit me with your best tamale recipes




(please)

[witchypoo]

these are the best (imnsho): hallacas

i tried this recipe last fall.  http://quemas.mamaslatinas.com/food_fiestas/120273/how_to_make_traditional_hallacas 

i don't eat pork, so i substituted leftover roast turkey, and i omitted the almonds.

[caribougrrl]

these are the best (imnsho): hallacas

i tried this recipe last fall.  http://quemas.mamaslatinas.com/food_fiestas/120273/how_to_make_traditional_hallacas 

i don't eat pork, so i substituted leftover roast turkey, and i omitted the almonds.

god, those look fantastic

[Dagstag v 2.0]

these are the best (imnsho): hallacas

i tried this recipe last fall.  http://quemas.mamaslatinas.com/food_fiestas/120273/how_to_make_traditional_hallacas 

i don't eat pork, so i substituted leftover roast turkey, and i omitted the almonds.

These look good. Did you sub anything for the lard? Also, how long did it take you to make these?

[caribougrrl]

I am absolutely open to simpler recipes too... given it's my first attempt and all...

[witchypoo]

These look good. Did you sub anything for the lard? Also, how long did it take you to make these?

i used 1/2 butter, 1/2 corn oil in place of lard.

an entire day.

[diablita]

hallacas are Venezuelan!  They're a BIG deal.  Most people make hallacas for Christmas and it's a get-together-with-friends-and-make-tons-all-day-with-beer kind of project.  Or you can order them.

[caribougrrl]

hallacas are Venezuelan!  They're a BIG deal.  Most people make hallacas for Christmas and it's a get-together-with-friends-and-make-tons-all-day-with-beer kind of project.  Or you can order them.

I want to order them!


except stupid north atlantic ocean island place with insufficient numbers of venezuelan immigrants

[witchypoo]

hallacas are Venezuelan!  They're a BIG deal.  Most people make hallacas for Christmas and it's a get-together-with-friends-and-make-tons-all-day-with-beer kind of project.  Or you can order them.

in the past, we have ordered them from one of mr. 'poo's coworkers...  but she moved, and so i had to try.

MUCH easier to order.

[diablita]

Aw, I wish I could help you get your hands on some, 'bou.  If I visit up there again, I know what I'm bringing.

Pastichio is really beloved there, too.  Maybe you can trade someone some pastichio for hallacas.

[caribougrrl]

Pastichio is really beloved there, too. 

I had to google that, but it totally looks like something I could make.  And I've recently fallen in love with bechamel.



I'm breezing through Toronto in a couple weeks on my way elsewhere... anywhere there you know of to get hallacas? 

[diablita]

I am going to ask!!!