Chocolate Chilli Pie with a Cornbread Crust - Lavender and Lovage

Ingredients

• 450g minced beef
• 1 tbsp rapeseed oil
• 2 medium onions (peeled and diced)
• 3 cloves garlic (peeled and minced)
• 1/2 fresh red chilli (de seeded and finely diced)
• 1 tspn ground cumin
• 1/2 tspn ground coriander
• 1/2 tspn dried oregano
• 1 tspn chilli powder (I used Chipotle chilli powder)
• 1 tbsp tomato puree
• 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 1 x 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
• 1 x 400g tinned red kidney beans (drained)
• 75g dark chocolate chips
• salt and pepper to taste
• 125g cornmeal or polenta
• 100g plain flour
• 150mls milk or buttermilk
• 1 egg, beaten
• salt and black pepper
• a little melted butter to glaze the crust
• bacon drippings