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Post by The Tuck Pendleton Machine on Jan 6, 2016 14:24:11 GMT -5
Hey, all. So I usually make tamales at Christmas to continue my gramma's tradition, but things were too busy this year (so now I unfortunately miss out on having children around to help. Slave labor is awesome).
I'm looking for fresh ideas. Gramma treats anything but pork tamales as some kind of gringo appropriation of traditional food, and is bemused by all my other efforts. But I'm open to anything.
This year, I'm thinking:
12x pork (for tradition's sake)
12x Hatch chile and Chihuahua cheese
12x butternut squash and fig compote
12x Mexican squash, black beans and Chihuahua cheese
What else should I make? I'm thinking a variation of the chile and cheese with smoked chicken thighs.
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Post by Gumbercules on Jan 6, 2016 14:31:25 GMT -5
Interesting concept! Sounds fun and creative.
1. Maybe treat it like dim sum. Use some diced shrimp or other seafood.
2. Or a summer vegetable based one, with grilled corn and summer squash.
What's the criteria on filling? I imagine it can't be a wet ingredient, right?
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Jan 6, 2016 14:33:31 GMT -5
Interesting concept! Sounds fun and creative. 1. Maybe treat it like dim sum. Use some diced shrimp or other seafood. 2. Or a summer vegetable based one, with grilled corn and summer squash. What's the criteria on filling? I imagine it can't be a wet ingredient, right? I like a corn-squash-zucchini-cheese idea, personally? I like the smoked chicken idea too. |
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Post by The Tuck Pendleton Machine on Jan 6, 2016 15:15:16 GMT -5
Interesting concept! Sounds fun and creative. 1. Maybe treat it like dim sum. Use some diced shrimp or other seafood. 2. Or a summer vegetable based one, with grilled corn and summer squash. What's the criteria on filling? I imagine it can't be a wet ingredient, right? A seafood one would be nice. I'd want something that could be frozen well (I like freezing most of the tamales and enjoying them for a few months. It's a quick and easy dinner). Maybe smoked salmon, a small amount of crema, and...dunno, something else as a sauce? Can't be all wet. Needs something solid, and with the wet as an accent. |
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Post by Gumbercules on Jan 7, 2016 6:49:59 GMT -5
Interesting concept! Sounds fun and creative. 1. Maybe treat it like dim sum. Use some diced shrimp or other seafood. 2. Or a summer vegetable based one, with grilled corn and summer squash. What's the criteria on filling? I imagine it can't be a wet ingredient, right? A seafood one would be nice. I'd want something that could be frozen well (I like freezing most of the tamales and enjoying them for a few months. It's a quick and easy dinner). Maybe smoked salmon, a small amount of crema, and...dunno, something else as a sauce? Can't be all wet. Needs something solid, and with the wet as an accent. Well, my thought was to use eggplant. Grilling it beforehand would add a nice smokiness and would take care of the wet problem, but initially I was thinking something like this sauce, only to pull the liquid out and use it as a topping, and use the solid pieces in the tamale. food52.com/recipes/18519-yotam-ottolenghi-s-sweet-corn-polenta-with-eggplant-sauce |
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Post by The Tuck Pendleton Machine on Jan 7, 2016 12:29:19 GMT -5
A seafood one would be nice. I'd want something that could be frozen well (I like freezing most of the tamales and enjoying them for a few months. It's a quick and easy dinner). Maybe smoked salmon, a small amount of crema, and...dunno, something else as a sauce? Can't be all wet. Needs something solid, and with the wet as an accent. Well, my thought was to use eggplant. Grilling it beforehand would add a nice smokiness and would take care of the wet problem, but initially I was thinking something like this sauce, only to pull the liquid out and use it as a topping, and use the solid pieces in the tamale. food52.com/recipes/18519-yotam-ottolenghi-s-sweet-corn-polenta-with-eggplant-sauceHmm. Delicious idea. The masa already acts as a polenta substitute, so the eggplant sauce and eggplant filling would be VERY nice. |
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Post by Return of the Thin Olive Duke on Jan 7, 2016 12:53:54 GMT -5
Kung pao chicken tamales. They used to have a truck here that did kung pao quesadillas and I miss them very much.
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Post by Murray the Demonic Skull on Jan 8, 2016 6:32:21 GMT -5
12x Mexican squash, black beans and Chihuahua cheese |
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