James Beard Tamale Pie | Untested Recipes | Umami

James Beard Tamale Pie | Untested Recipes | Umami

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Recipe by The Ladies La Forge from Untested Recipes.

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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal
  • 3 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
  • 3 tablespoons lard or unsalted butter
  • 1/2 pound sausage, casing removed (like Mexican chorizo or spicy Italian sausage)
  • 2 tablespoons chile powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 3 celery stalks, diced
  • 2 large onions, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 small green pepper, seeded and diced
  • 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
  • One 28-ounce can whole-peeled Italian tomatoes
  • 2 1/2 cups fresh corn cut from cob (optional: use canned or frozen whole-kernel corn with juice)
  • 1 cup pitted ripe olives, roughly chopped
  • 8 ounces medium or sharp Cheddar, grated

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