Living Rawesome Day #337 White Corn Tamale, Serrano-Chile Spiced Portobello, Raw Cacao Mole and Guacamole pg. 88 entertaining in the raw
June 26, 2010
NOTE* Photos are below. I was in the kitchen for a long time today. I am getting closer to the end of this project. I can feel the process as each ingredient is placed into the recipe. I can’t believe I have gotten this far! Day #337! I feel like I could do this forever! I love whipping up these recipes in the kitchen. This recipe took some time to make, but it was worth it.
Tamale Ingredients
white corn kernels
tomatoes
bell pepper
sun0dried tomattoes
pine nuts
cashews
sea salt
nutritional yeast flakes
red onion
cilantro
garlic
lime juice
I placed corn, tomatoes, and peppers in a bowl. I placed the rest of the ingredients in the food processor and blended it until it was smooth. I added all ingredients together in bowl and stirred up all ingredients.
Portobello Ingredients
portobello mushrooms
olive oil
serrano chile
salt and pepper
I tossed all the mushrooms together with olive oil, serrano chile and salt. I placed them on the Teflex sheets and now they are dehydrating until tomorrow’s big meal:)
Guacamole Ingredients
avocados
cilantro
lime juice
sea salt
scallion
red chile
jalapeno
I placed all ingredients in a bowl and mashed with fork.
The corn husks were soaked for 2 hours and the assembly began at 9 am. I didn’t realize that I had to dehydrate the complete Tamales in the dehydrator for a few hours, so I got started as soon as I saw the Assembly directions. I followed the instructions pretty closely, I just changed a few things.
My mushrooms came out so dry, so I added them to the Tamale mixture. I made half of the Tamale recipe and I placed 1/4 cup into the Corn Husks. I had enough to make 12 corn husks. I didn’t want to force 1/2 cup tamale mixture into the corn husks, so that is one thing I did change. The directions say to dry the corn husks and place the mixture on the center of the corn husk. The small side of the corn husk should be on top.
Then I folded the bottom up towards the top.
Then I folded the sides over and wrapped a strip of one of the corn husks and I tied it.
These are so adorable. This recipe was perfect for the gathering today. I am glad I spent some time on this recipe because ALL of the ladies really made everything so beautiful! It’s hard to keep up with all of them;-).
Tamales and Cacao Mole
I forgot the Guacamole at home. I was in a hurry to go. I had a hard time finding something to wear today. I tried on so many outfits. I just wanted to be comfortable, so I finally found an outfit! I headed out the door and didn’t realize what I forgot. I remembered everything else, so I give myself points for that!
“The Raw Ladies”
“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”~unknown