Coffee - Prune - Cream Of Wheat Sweet Tamales - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 liters milk
160 g sugar
1 tablespoon coffee
160 g uncooked cream of wheat
1/2 cup butter
8 egg yolks
8 egg whites, beaten to soft peak stage until ready to use
300 g prunes, without pits chopped
slightly toasted banana leaves or presoaked corn husk, for wrapping

Preparation

Boil milk with sugar and coffee.
Once it has started to boil, add the cream of wheat gradually , stirring with a wooden spoon, until it has a compact doughy consistency.
Withdraw from stove top and add the butter and egg yolks, mixing well.
Next add the beaten egg whites to soft peak stage, in gradual folding motions. .
Have the banana leaves lightly toasted over a stove top or burner grill , or presoaked corn leaves ready for filling.
Spread about 1 scant tablespoon of dough on the center of each leaf , placing 2 or 3 chopped prunes in the center.
Wrap and secure tamales and cook in a tall vapor pot for an hour.