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Dzotobichay (chard and masa tamales with pumpkin seeds and egg)

Rick Bayless · ♥ 351 likes · 13.3K views · 24 min video

Read about swiss chard in the BrightCulinary Book

Dzotobichay (chard and masa tamales with pumpkin seeds and egg), from the video Makes 12
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Ingredients
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Techniques
  • raw pumpkin seeds
Toast raw pumpkin seeds in a pan; once they start popping, about a minute, toss until all have popped and turned golden brown and round.
  • hard-boiled egg
Hard-boil eggs about 11 minutes and chop.
  • fresh masa
  • fresh rendered pork lard
  • salt
  • water
Beat the fresh masa with a spoonful of pork lard and a good sprinkling of salt in the mixer, adding a little water until like soft cookie dough.
  • 2 cup green Swiss chard
Thinly slice about 2 cups of green Swiss chard and mix it into the masa.
  • banana leaves
Spread about a quarter cup on a banana leaf square to 4 to 5 inches, sprinkle with pumpkin seeds and egg, fold one half over, peel back the leaf, fold the other side, and tuck the ends under.
Steam the 12 tamales about an hour.
  • tomate frito
  • micro greens
Open the leaf, cut each tamale in two, set on a plate on a piece of banana leaf with tomate frito, micro greens and a sprinkling of pumpkin seeds.
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