First made popular at San Francisco's Johnson's Tamale Parlor in the 1920's. Cup Tamales are little quick tamales made in small cups rather than wrapped in the customary corn husks. Tamale parlors were very popular in San Francisco in the early 1900's. Roosevelt Tamale Parlor is still open today and in fact was remodeled and reopened in June, 2006. The recipe below is from the San F...
There are so many varieties of tamales including this dessert tamale; Sweet Tamales With Raisins and Pineapple. This was one of the first tamales I ever made (minus the pineapple). I can't lie, homemade tamales take time to make but the project is great fun for the family or a couple of friends. The great news is you can store them frozen for months so you hav...
Dessert tamales filled with sweet corn kernels, raspberries, rasins and almonds.
Tamales are found in throughout Latin America. Nacatamales are found in Nicaragua, and El Salvador combines an interesting variety of ingredients including, raisins, capers, and green olives. The meat used in the recipe may be pork or chicken and sometimes a combination of both. In Venezuela they are called Hallacas which re...