Tamales de Mole Negro

These are the tamales that I believe made our restaurant so famous around Los Angeles and the world. Before our tamales de mole, LA was used to seeing tamales wrapped the traditional way, in corn husks. But not us; our tamales de mole are steamed in banana leaves, adding yet another layer of flavor to the complexity of the inside. Wrapping these is fun, but opening them up is even more fun. It’s like opening up the perfect present on Christmas morning. When you make black mole, make