Tamale Pie
A historical recipe from California Mexican-Spanish Cook Book, by Bertha Haffner-Ginger.
A historical recipe
California Mexican-Spanish Cook Book: Selected Mexican and Spanish Recipes, by Bertha Haffner-Ginger. Project Gutenberg eBook #39586.
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Source and licence
From California Mexican-Spanish Cook Book, by Bertha Haffner-Ginger. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #39586 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39586). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Ingredients
- two cups of hot water
- one-half cup lard
- one teaspoon salt
- two cups of meat
- two tablespoons of cornmeal
- one-half cup of chile pulp
- one-half cup meat stock
Method
- Make a crust of two cups of hot water, one-half cup lard, one teaspoon salt, and cornmeal to make thick dough.
- Spread on bottom and sides of pie tin.
- Mix beef, pork, veal or chicken with plenty of suet for shortening--any two of above meats will do--measure two cups of meat, add two tablespoons of cornmeal, one-half cup of chile pulp, one teaspoon salt, one-half cup meat stock or water.
- Cook for a few minutes, fill pie crust, spread more dough over top.
- Make little balls the size of marbles set around edge.
- Pour a little melted lard over the top, sprinkle with chile powder;
- bake about thirty minutes.