Family Celebration Tamale Pie Recipe

Family Celebration Tamale Pie

From chefmeow 17 years ago

This is very very tasty. It looks good, it tastes magnificent and always gets rave reviews when I serve it. Hope you enjoy as much as we do.

In medium pan combine cottage cheese and evaporated milk.
Stir in cornmeal and salt.
Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until mixture thickens then stir in cilantro.
Use as topping for tamale pie.
Spray large saucepan with nonstick cooking spray.
Add onions and garlic then saute 4 minutes stirring often.
Remove from pan then using same pan cook and crumble ground beef and pork until meat is no longer pink.
Drain well then add cooked onion, garlic, tomato sauce, chili powder, sugar, salt and red pepper sauce and cook over low hear for 10 minutes.
Stir in 1 cup cooked cornmeal cilantro topping, hominy, bell pepper, cheese and olives.
Pour into rectangular baking dish then top with 12 portions of cornmeal topping and bake at 350 for 40 minutes.
Let stand for 10 minutes then serve.

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dandelion ate it and said...
I tried this recipe tonight. It was wonderful! I just loved the hominy. I have a hard time digesting corn skins. Hominy doesn't have any. I used dried and cooked them beforehand. I would encourage anyone to try this delicious dish.
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Reviewed by 2 people

I tried this recipe tonight. It was wonderful! I just loved the hominy. I have a hard time digesting corn skins. Hominy doesn't have any. I used dried and cooked them beforehand. I would encourage anyone to try this delicious dish.

dandelion in Ashland loved it