Tamale Pie

Ingredients

• 2 cups cornmeal
• 1 pound Hamburger steak
• 21/2 teaspoons salt
• 6 cups boiling water
• 1 onion
• 1 tablespoon fat
• 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
• 1 small chopped sweet pepper

Method

1. 1

   Make a mush by stirring the cornmeal and 2.5 teaspoons salt into boiling water.

2. 2

   Cook in a double boiler or over water for 45 minutes.

3. 3

   Brown the onion in the fat, add the Hamburger steak and stir until the red color disappears.

4. 4

   Add the tomato, pepper, and salt.

5. 5

   Grease a baking-dish, put in a layer of cornmeal mush, add the seasoned meat, and cover with mush.

6. 6

   Bake for 30 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Institute cook book (1913) by Helen Cramp, page 202. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TAMALE PIE (Serves 6) 2 cups commeal 1 pound Hamburger steak 21/2 teaspoons salt 2 cups tomatoes 6 cups boiling water 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne pepper, or 1 onion 1 small chopped sweet pepper 1 tablespoon fat

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