The Blend: Beef and Mushroom Blended Chili with Corn Bread Topping

Ingredients

• 1kg beef mince
• 1kg mushrooms chopped
• 2 tbsp smoked paprika
• 1 tbsp dried chilies
• ½ tbsp cumin seeds ground
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• ¼ cup olive oil
• 4 red capsicums, sliced and roasted
• 2 onions, finely diced
• 6 cloves garlic, crushed
• 2 long red chilies, thinly sliced
• 1L tomato passata
• 2 cups beef stock
• ½ cup red wine
• 1 cup basil, picked
• 1 cup coriander, chopped
• 2 cups self-raising flour
• 1 cup fine polenta
• 300g of cooked corn kernels (or tinned sweet corn, rinsed)
• 1 tbsp chopped rosemary
• 1 tsp salt and pepper
• 2 cups milk
• 4 eggs
• 2 tablespoons olive oil