Tamale Pie

Serves 6.  Pre-cooking time:  25 minutes.  Baking time:  45 minutes.
 

 1 pound bulk sausage
 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
 1 clove garlic, crushed
 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
 1 teaspoon chili powder
½ cup sliced pitted ripe olives, more for garnish
 

¾ cup yellow corn meal
 3 cups boiling water
 1 teaspoon salt
 3 eggs, well beaten
 1 tablespoon butter, melted
 

Preheat oven to 375°.  Lightly grease pie plate or shallow casserole dish or spray with cooking spray.

Cook sausage in skillet until well browned, breaking up with a fork as it cooks.  Pour off all the fat.  Add onion and garlic; cook 3 minutes.  Add tomato sauce, chili powder and olives; simmer 5 minutes.  Set aside.

Add corn meal slowly to boiling water while stirring vigorously.  Cook, stirring constantly for 10 minutes or until very thick.  Add cooked corn meal to beaten eggs and mix thoroughly. 

Spread ⅜-inch thick layer of corn meal in prepared pie plate or casserole dish.   Spread sausage mixture evenly over top.  Spoon remaining corn meal mixture over sausage.  Brush top with melted butter.  Bake for 45 minutes or until browned.  Garnish with olives.  Serve hot.

Substitutions:

Use ground beef or turkey for sausage and adjust seasonings to taste.

Replace tomato sauce with 14.5 ounce can of peeled crushed tomotoes.

 

 

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