My Grandmother’s Tamales Recipe

Ingredients

  • Makes approximately 5 dozen tamales
  • Fresh corn masa, 5 lbs.
  • 1 lb. corn husks
  • 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 lb. lard
  • 5 cups cooked pork broth (drained from cooked pork) To be set aside, used as needed
  • 8 oz. whole chili anchos
  • 5 lb. pork shoulder
  • 3-4 cloves of garlic
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 2 teaspoons of ground cumin

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