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Easy Cheese and Corn Tamales

Cheese and Corn Tamales

Ingredients:

4 lbs. purchased masa harina
1 ancho chile
1 8-oz. pkg. cream cheese
1 lb. grated jack cheese
2 Tbsp. chopped cilantro
1 pasilla pepper, roasted, peeled and minced
1 lb. pkg. frozen petite white corn
1 egg
1 tsp. kosher salt
Presoaked corn husks

Directions:

In food processor, grate jack cheese and remove to large bowl. Then insert blade, and process half the corn to resemble creamed corn. Remove and add to large bowl. Place cream cheese, egg, chopped pasilla chile, salt and cilantro into the food processor and pulse several times to combine. Add to large bowl. Add the remaining whole corn to the bowl. Mix by hand to combine, then refrigerate until ready to use.

Bring 2 cups water to boil. Add the ancho chile. Let soak 10 minutes, and then place in blender with just enough soaking liquid to process the chili into a paste. Push through a fine sieve. Using a mixer, add chile paste to the masa, one tablespoon at a time, until the desired color and taste, and then continue to beat with mixer to lighten the masa.

Spread the Masa on the soaked corn husks, and then place the cheese and corn mixture down the middle. Fold, and place on large baking sheet until all tamales are filled.

Line a large pot fitted with steamer insert with corn husks, add tamales, cover with more corn husks, and steam over simmering water for about one hour. Remove to let cool. Serve with poblano cream.

Poblano Cream

Ingredients:

½ roasted pasilla chile
2 cups heavy cream

Directions:

Blend to combine. Just before serving, place in small saucepan and bring to a bare simmer. Drizzle over tamales.

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Tags: cheese, corn, masa, tamales

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Comment by Sonia Mendez Garcia on July 14, 2012 at 8:48am: That would be awesome......who knew??? lol!

Comment by Lemoncello on July 13, 2012 at 3:45pm: It's hard to give up on the old tried and true recipes, but you obviously have, what with no fat masa. Let me know when you try these what you think, okay? I'm going to make these with your masa recipe. Just think, together we may have come up with the best "healthy" tamale recipe ever!

Comment by Sonia Mendez Garcia on July 13, 2012 at 1:07pm: Wow...you weren't kidding, they look and sound delish!! I will definitely give them a try...I have not made any corn tamales yet....slowly venturing out of the ones I grew up with, hahha...

Comment by Lemoncello on January 30, 2011 at 1:00pm: Thank you Yvonne, for the thumbs up. I'm so glad that our family favorite was a hit with your family, too!

Comment by Yvonne Lopez on January 30, 2011 at 12:55pm: I made these tamales sometime back and they were delicious! This recipe is fabulous and my boyfriend who is a tough food critic was absolutely delighted!! I highly recommend this recipe even to the novice tamale cook as I am.

Comment by Lemoncello on October 20, 2010 at 2:33am: I have been blogging here lately. I have a blog on blogspot too, but I haven't posted there in a while.

Comment by Norma Torres on October 19, 2010 at 7:33pm: found the beans too. Do you only post on HK or do your have a blog outside of HK as I do. I am trying to post every Tuesday. I really enjoy being a member of HK. Jorge is a top-notch guy.

Comment by Lemoncello on October 19, 2010 at 2:17pm: Glad you found this then. I also posted a vegan black bean and corn salsa, that makes a great taco filling all by itself. In fact, it's what I had for dinner last night.

Comment by Norma Torres on October 19, 2010 at 12:43pm: I have no idea how I missed this post. I love tamales and as a personal chef I am always looking for veggie recipes for my client.