Chuchitos (Cornmeal Dumplings Stuffed with Meat)

Ingredients

• •1 pound boneless chicken or pork
• •1 tablespoons oil
• •2 cups sliced ripe tomatoes
• •1 chile guajillo, seeds and stem removed
• •2 tablespoons water
• •4 cups white flour
• •8 tablespoons margarine, room temperature
• •1 1/2 cups cold water
• •1 teaspoon salt
• •Fresh green cornhusks, wet

Directions

1. 1Cut the chicken or pork into 1 inch cubes and fry in oil over medium heat for 3 minutes.
2. 2Set aside.
3. 3Process the tomatoes, chile pepper and 2 tablespoons water into a smooth sauce. Set aside.
4. 4Mix the flour, margarine, 1 1/2 cups cold water and the salt together into a thick mush.
5. 5Put 1/2 cup mush in each wet cornhusk, push and indent into the mush, and add 1 tablespoon sauce and a chunk of meat.
6. 6Cover the stuffing with the mush and wrap the dumpling into a sausage shape with the corn leaves.
7. 7Steam the chuchitos over hot water over moderate heat for 1 1/2 hours.
8. 8Unwrap and eat warm or at room temperature