Tamale Pie
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 24
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
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Beef mixture
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 cup chopped green bell pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen corn, thawed
- 1 cup sliced green olives
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
- 1 tablespoon yellow cornmeal
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Topping
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled
- 1 cup milk
- 1 large egg, beaten to blend
- 1⁄2 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 (4 ounce) can green chili peppers, chopped
directions
- For beef mixture: In a large skillet cook onion and green pepper in oil over moderately-low heat, stirring, until vegetables are softened; add beef and cook over moderate heat until beef is no longer pink.
- Stir in tomato sauce, paste, corn, olives, cumin, cocoa, allspice, chili powder, Worcestershire Sauce, Tabasco, cornmeal and salt and pepper.
- Simmer mixture, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes and add additional Worcestershire Sauce and Tabasco to suit you.
- Preheat oven to 390 degrees F.
- Spoon mixture in shallow 2 ½ quart casserole (may be chilled overnight).
- In a bowl, sift together flour, cornmeal, sugar and baking powder.
- Add butter, milk and egg until batter is just combined.
- Stir in cheddar and chili peppers and drop batter by spoonfuls around edge of casserole.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 350F and bake 30 minutes more.
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.