Name: Pumpkin-Poblano Tamales
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h
Ingredients: 1 cup hot water; 1 chicken bouillon cube; 1/2 cup lard; 1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin; 1 tsp. baking powder; 1 tsp. ground cinnamon; 2 cups masa harina; 1 pkg. (16 oz.) banana leaves, cut into 8-inch pieces; 4 roasted poblano chiles, peeled, deveined and cut into strips; 1 pkg. (8 oz.) KRAFT Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese; 1 cup sour cream

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Got a big crowd coming to your house? Wow them with these cheesy, gloriously creamy tamales made with pumpkin and spiced with roasted poblano chiles.

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16 servings

Original recipe yields 16 servings

1 cup hot water

1 chicken bouillon cube

1/2 cup lard

1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

2 cups masa harina

1 pkg. (16 oz.) banana leaves, cut into 8-inch pieces

4 roasted poblano chiles, peeled, deveined and cut into strips

1 pkg. (8 oz.) KRAFT Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese

1 cup sour cream

Let's Make It

Add hot water to bouillon cube in small bowl; let stand until dissolved. Use wooden spoon to mix lard, pumpkin, baking powder and cinnamon in large bowl until blended. Add masa harina and chicken broth; stir until mixture forms soft dough.

Spread 1/4 cup masa dough into 4-inch square down center of each of 16 banana leaves, leaving about 2 inches at top of leaf. Top each with about 2 Tbsp. each chiles and cheese. Fold over sides and both ends of each leaf to completely enclose filling. Tie closed with strips cut from some of the remaining banana leaves.

Pour 3 cups water into tamalera. Use enough of the remaining banana leaves to line bottom and side of tamalera. Add tamales, overlapping as necessary to fit; cover with remaining leaves. Steam 1 hour or until tamales are done, adding water to tamalera if needed. (Tamales are cooked when they pull away from leaves.) Cool slightly. Serve with sour cream.

Kitchen Tips

Tip 1

Serving Suggestion

Serve with fresh fruit and a quick bagged salad tossed with your favorite KRAFT Lite Dressing.

Tip 2

If You Don't Have a Tamalera

Place assembled tamales in steamer basket in large saucepan filled about 1/4 full with water. (Make sure tamales are not touching the water.) Bring water to boil; cover. Steam 1 hour or until tamales are done, adding more water to saucepan if necessary.

Tip 3

Note

If you don't have enough banana leaves to cover tamales in tamalera, you can use a dampened kitchen towel instead.