Dessert tamales from Chef Ana Castro, photographed and filmed for California Prunes.

A table with bowls of miso, butter, and pecans.
Chef Ana Castro in the kitchen making prune tamales
Chef Castro uses an ice cream scoop to portion out tamale filling
Tying a tamal
Chef Castro plating several dessert tamales
Chef Ana Castro's prune and miso butter
Chef Ana Castro spreads butter over a hot tamal
Dessert tamal with prune butter
Prune and miso tamales from Chef Ana Castro
Bites from a finished tamal