World Flavors Cookbook

Tamales Bogotanos

Name: Tamales Bogotanos
Cook time: 120 min
Cuisine: Colombia
Ingredients: For masa: 1kg pre-cooked corn dough, 150ml pork broth, 100ml lard, salt; For filling: 400g pork shoulder, cubed; 2 chicken thighs, cut; 2 potatoes, diced; 2 carrots, diced; 3 hard-boiled eggs, quartered; hogao sauce; Banana leaves, toasted over flame

Bogotá-style tamales — corn masa filled with pork, chicken, potato, carrot, and egg, wrapped in banana leaves and steamed.

Cuisine: Colombia

Ingredients

For masa: 1kg pre-cooked corn dough, 150ml pork broth, 100ml lard, salt
For filling: 400g pork shoulder, cubed; 2 chicken thighs, cut; 2 potatoes, diced; 2 carrots, diced; 3 hard-boiled eggs, quartered; hogao sauce
Banana leaves, toasted over flame

Instructions

Season pork and chicken with hogao, garlic, cumin, salt. Marinate 2 hours.
Mix corn masa with broth and lard until smooth and pliable.
Soften banana leaves over flame.
Spread masa on leaf. Add pork, chicken, potato, carrot, egg.
Fold banana leaf into package. Tie with string.
Steam 2 hours.