January 5, 2019–How do you start off the New Year? Besides by almost immediately breaking most of your resolutions you have a party! Everyone has been harassing me to host another class similar to the Pasta Making class I hosted earlier. While trying to decide what to make tamales continued to come to mind. They are usually made during the Christmas season but with everyone’s already busy schedule I knew this would be difficult to accomplish so I decided to host it at the beginning of the year. There are way too many websites to show you how to make tamale’s and host a tamale making party. There are also numerous recipes on just as many, if not more, websites or you may have your own family recipe. You can make your sauces by hand, which VBOPP and I did during the test phase; or you can buy them from your local grocery. You can make the masa from scratch or if you have a latin market you may be able to purchase some from them. You can also buy you meat precooked or cook it yourself. Making tamales is A LOT of work but if you can gather a group of family and/or friends together you can knock out a couple of dozen in a few hours. Since they freeze well, you now have snacks for those times when you do not want to cook.
Make the Masa and soak the corn husks
Make your sauces and fillings
Assemble your Crew
…and fill them with beverages
Espresso Martini Cocktails (1 oz espresso, 1/2 oz coffee liqueur, and 2 oz Vodka or to taste).
