Tamale Pie

Recipe from Juanita (Voyager list)
Submitted by Merlin

6 cups boiling water
2 cups cornmeal
2 tbl cooking fat
1 pound hamburger
1 chopped onion
1 chopped green pepper
2 cups canned tomatoes w/juice
1 can drained corn
1 Tblsp red chili powder, (I use 5 Tblsp or more--hot if you like it).
1/2 tsp oregano
1 can black olives, drained
2 cloves of minced garlic
salt and pepper to taste

Sift cornmeal slowly into rapidly boiling salted water, stirring constantly, for 15 minutes.

Brown hamburger, garlic, onion, and green pepper in hot fat. Add tomatoes, corn, chili powder, salt, pepper, and oregano. Simmer 10 minutes.

Fill well-oiled baking pan with one layer of cornmeal mush, then a layer of meat mixture, and a top layer of cornmeal, and push in olives on top.

Bake in 400 degree oven for 30 minutes.

Serve HOT! (With Tecate Lager Beer, Lime and Salt on top).