Tamales

So, somehow this weekend I fell into making a batch of tamales ...

With the help of my good friend Dona Maria, I turned some homemade turkey stock into mole:

Then I cut up some smoky roast pork:

Then sauced the pork with mole and Pico Pica:

I had accidentally purchased some masa amarillo, and so used some of it to make my dough: 

Mix with fat and stock:

And form a dough:

I don't have a dedicated tamale steamer, but I do have a couple of stock pots with steamer inserts and a larger 16 quart stock pot, so I improvised:

Rolling the tamales:

Let the steaming begin (note: I expected to have more than enough masa to make enough tamales to fill the steamer, but ran out at eighteen) : 

A couple hours later, the fruit of our labors: