Canarian tamales are small sweet pale yellow tamales made with rice flour and filled with raisins, walnuts and pineapple. In other regions of the country you can find similar tamales with the name of “rice tamales “. Do not stay with the desire to try these sweet Mexican tamales and see the step by step
Ingredients to make Canarian Tamales:
- 250 grams of Butter
- 400 grams of condensed milk
- 380 milliliters of evaporated milk
- 300 grams of flour for tamales
- 300 grams of rice flour
- 2 dessert spoons of baking powder
- 16 tamale leaves
- 200 grams of pineapple
- 100 grams of chopped walnut
- 100 grams of Raisins
- 1 jar of pineapple jam
How to make Canarian Tamales:
1 Before preparing this Mexican tamale recipe, we must weigh and prepare all our ingredients.
2 We start by washing the tamale leaves, soak them for a few minutes in hot water to soften them and let them drain.
3 Separately, beat the butter with the condensed milk until creamy.
4 Without stopping beating we add the evaporated milk, the flours and the baking powder. Beat for 5 more minutes at medium speed. Don’t worry if there are a little lumps in the dough, it’s normal.
5 On the other hand, chop the pineapple and the walnut.
6 Empty tablespoons of mixture in the tamale leaves, fill with a little of the pineapple in pieces, walnuts and raisins.
7 Close the tamales by rolling the leaf and tightening them a bit. Steam for 50 minutes or until the dough comes off the leaves without leaving lumps.
8 Canarian tamales are served warm and accompanied by pineapple jam.
