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Tamal Asado

Name: Tamal Asado
Total time: 75 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Costa Rica
Ingredients: 250g Precooked Corn Flour; 500ml Milk; 150g Sugar; 150g Cottage Cheese; 80g Butter; 2 Egg; 1 tsp Baking Powder; A pinch Cinnamon powder; A pinch Salt

Dessert

⏱ 75 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

Cornmeal, cheese, and milk baked into a moist, sweet Costa Rican cake.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Despite having 'tamal' in its name, tamal asado isn't wrapped; it's a corn cake poured into a pan and baked. Cornmeal is mixed with sugar, milk, cheese, and butter and baked into a humble cake balancing sweet and salty. It's a classic afternoon coffee snack in Costa Rican homes.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Costa Rican farmhouse at 3 p.m., a cake comes out of the wood-fired oven and is sliced to go with strong coffee.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Precooked Corn Flour 250g
Milk 500ml
Sugar 150g
Cottage Cheese 150g
Butter 80g
Egg 2
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Cinnamon powder A pinch
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Warm the milk and butter in a pot to melt the butter.
Combine the cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl.
Add the warm milk, egg, and crumbled cheese and mix well.
Pour into a buttered pan.
Bake at 180°C for 45–50 minutes until golden on top.

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