Nacatamales Recipe

Ingredients

• 6 ozs pork jowl, cut into one inch cubes
• 2 lbs pork ribs, roughly cut with the bones removed
• 3 tomatoes, grated
• 1 cup diced white onion
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 6 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 tablespoon achiote or annatto, dissolved in water
• 1/2 cup juice from a bitter orange
• Salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 lbs corn flour, the type for making tortillas
• 3 cups lukewarm water
• Juice from one whole bitter orange
• 3 cups pork lard or drippings, melted
• 8 ozs rice, soaked in water and drained
• 2 white potatoes, sliced
• 3 tomatoes, sliced
• 1 large white onion, sliced
• 12 stems of mint or spearmint
• 1/2 cup green olives
• 1/2 cup prunes
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup peanuts
• 1/4 cup capers
• 1/4 cup red and green habanero peppers, also known as congo peppers
• 2-3 rolls of smoked or boiled banana leaves
• Twine, to tie up the nacatamales