Let's Make Tamales this Christmas!

I’m drinking my Sunday morning coffee and thinking about how the holiday season will be here before we know it, and for me that means getting a date on my calendar to go into tamale production mode!

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Y’all, it’s such a labor of love. I do it because my family loves them and it without question, is the number one thing that makes me feel closest to my late Nana who made these every Christmas when I was a child. ⁣

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New Mexico-style red chili pork tamales. They are truly little heavenly parcels of deliciousness. I make them how she showed me, it’s a little untraditional to how others make theirs, but they are as good as it gets. Fluffy, super-seasoned, tender and full of that robust chili flavor that only comes from preparing it from the heart! ⁣

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I’ll do my best to photograph and document making them this season, but for now, I need to get that production date on the calendar. ⁣

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And btw, they freeze beautifully so making a batch ahead of the busy holidays is the ticket. Have you ever tried to make your own?