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Sweet Corn and Green Chile Tamale Pie (Cazuela de Tamal)

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  • Author: Stephanie Powers
  • Cook Time: 60
  • Total Time: 150

Description

Sweet Corn and Green Chile Tamale Pie – all the tamale flavor with half the work!


Ingredients

Scale

For dough (masa)

  • 3 cups (1 lb) masa harina para tamales*
  • 3 cups warm chicken stock or water
  • 6 ounces (3/4 cup) cold lard or Crisco
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder

For filling

  • 8oz Meunster Cheese, shredded
  • 1 (7oz) can diced green chiles, drained
  • 1 (7oz) can sweet creamed corn, undrained

Instructions

To make the masa dough

  1. In a medium bowl, combine the masa harina and chicken stock and stir with a spoon until completely moistened and set aside.
  2. In the bowl of your stand mixer**, whip the cold crisco, salt, and baking powder on medium speed for about a minute.
  3. Add in the moistened masa harina, about a third at a time, and mix at medium speed until incorporates. Continue adding and mixing until fully combined. It should have the consistency of a thick hummus.
  4. Cover the masa with plastic wrap and place it in the fridge for about an hour to rest.

To make the pie

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Remove masa from fridge and whip again in the mixer for about a minute to add some air back into the dough.
  3. Lightly grease a 12″ skillet or 8x8in baking dish.
  4. Add about 2/3 of the dough to the skillet and spread it out across the bottom of the skillet and up the sides. About 3/4 inch thick.
  5. Make the following layers of filling: half the shredded Muenster cheese, all the creamed corn, all the chiles, and the remaining cheese.
  6. Take the remaining masa and pat it out into a circle on a piece of plastic wrap.
  7. Invert it over the top of the filling and seal the edges to the bottom of the crust.
  8. Bake for 45 minutes.
  9. Serve topped with salsa, hot sauce or sour cream.

Notes

  • *This is different than the standard masa harina for corn tortillas. Maseca brand is the best.
  • **No stand mixer? This will turn out fine with a handheld mixer, and will still come together by hand. The resulting dough will just be a bit denser.
  • Feel free to substitute other fillings. Taco meat, beans, pork, steak, roasted veggies, the possibilities are endless!
  • Gluten-free: Maseca is gluten-free, so this is gluten-free. Just make sure your baking powder is gluten-free.
  • Vegetarian: Use vegetable stock or water, and crisco in place of lard.
  • Vegan: Use vegetable stock, crisco in place of lard, and your favorite vegan cheese or other vegan filling.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 6