Fusion: Pulled Pork and Brisket Peruvian Tamales (lots of PRON)

[Pig Daddy]

My father-in-law is from Peru and every year for Christmas he makes the best damn tamales I've ever tasted. This year I studied, took notes and put my own twist on what truly is a fabulous latin dish.

We started with guajillo paste, garlic paste, pork stock, pork lard (all of which we made) and a big ol bag of banana leaves...

added the pork lard to a pan...

...and fried the guajillo paste, garlic paste, some of the pork stock and touch of cumin...

added that to the masa...

..along with a little bit more pork stock...

mixed it well...

next, we placed the banana leaves onto some flames to sweat them thus making them more pliable for folding...

added the masa to the banana leaves...

...and filled with applewood smoked pulled pork, Sicilian Black Olives and some roasted Serano Peppers..

filled another with hickory smoked beef brisket, roasted Serano Peppers and some apple bourbon BBQ sauce...

folded and tied with kitchen twine...

wrapped in tinfoil, dropped into water and boiled for 25 minutes...

pulled pork tamale with some hot sauce...

beef brisket tamale...

me eating these things like no tomorrow....

Merry Christmas everyone and thanks for looking!

 

[Ron_L]

Those look great! Is using banana leaves for the wrapper traditional in Peru?

 

[el_matt]

Nice. We're making pork tamales tomorrow. We'll make some brisket ones as well, if there's any leftovers tonight. We're using corn husks instead of banana leaves. Looks great.

Matt

 

[smokemonster]

Looks amazing!!!

 

[Pig Daddy]

Thanks Ron. As far as I know it is. Traditionally, they are stuffed with pork or chicken. We enjoy pork. My father-in-law adds hardboiled egg, a couple of peanuts and olives as well.

 

[bigabyte]

Absolutely amazing!:clap:

 

[cowgirl]

Looks fantastic!!

 

[pwa]

Looks Great!!

pwa

 

[JD McGee]

Very Cool! Feliz Navidad!

 

[mustang347]

Great now I'm craving tamale's!!!

 

[mykz26]

Great job. I'm gonna be late on my tamale making. Have to much stuff to make already for Christmas so it's gonna have to wait until after the new year but definetly gonna try the banana leaves.

 

[Dr_KY]

Fantastic!! I want that for breakfast right here and now.

 

[DevineSwine]

Your a badd man

 

[fnnm358]

Wow that looks so good
Can I put an order in for next year

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[Al Czervik]

Very nice pork tamales Pig Daddy! :clap2:

 

[captndan]

Oh crap! Now I'm going to have to save the corn husks next year. Great pron.

 

[buccaneer]

Ive never seen or eaten one.
I think I would absolutely love them!!!
They look totally Deliciouso!:thumb:
:hungry:

 

[Black Dog BBQ]

Man! I could hit that for sure. I love tamales and those look incredible!

 

[Pig Daddy]

Thanks for your wonderful comments all. I'll be making more of these. They were super moist and very flavorful. Must have been the pork lard.