Start with a pork butt rubbed with fajita spice,garlic,onion,comino (cumin),& sage. Smoke the pork low & slow, preferrably with pecan or hickory wood.

Pull your pork after it's been smoked and cooled

Pulled pork and masa ready for tamale assembly. (See end of post of details on how to make masa)

Bring a pot of water & reserved pork juices to a boil. Add a little oil to the water to keep the husks from sticking together in the steamer and turn off heat and soak husks for an hour.

Spread the masa on soaked husks.

Add the pork

Roll up the sides and fold over one side.

When you've completed a batch of tamales place them in your steamer and steam for 1.5 hours

All done!

Unwrapped and ready to eat.