Tamale Dough

Tamale Masa

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    6 to 7 dozen

    tamales
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Muy Bueno: Three Generations of Authentic Mexican Flavor

By Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack

Published 2013

  • About

The most vital ingredient in making the perfect tamal is the masa. Masa is the plain, wet stone-ground dough made with a special corn known as nixtamal. Fresh masa can be purchased in one of two ways, prepared and unprepared. Our family prefers to purchase unprepared masa and then we add lard, salt, broth, and baking powder, giving it the Muy Bueno touch. So if you choose to use our recipe m

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