Pastel de Choclo (Chilean Corn & Beef Casserole)
Onion-beef filling topped with corn pudding
ger meal
Time—
Yield4 portions
Energy437 kcal
Components1
Ingredients
- Beef filling
- 5mloil, rapeseed
- 500gbeef, mince 5%
- 2wholeonion≈ 300 g onion
- 3clovegarlic
- 2tspspice, cumin, ground
- 1.5tspspice, paprika, sweet
- 0.125tspsalt
- 0.25tspmonosodium glutamate
- 0.5tspspice, pepper
- 15gflour, white
- 200stock, chicken, low salt (ml (prepared/500ml))≈ 0.4 cube stock, chicken, low salt
- Corn layer
- 5gbutter
- 500gsweetcorn, frozen
- 100gmilk, skimmed
- 0.125tspsalt
- 10perherb, basil, leaf
- 25gpolenta, fine
- Assembly
- 30golive, black
- 2Soft Boiled Eggquartered
- 20graisin
- 0.125tspspice, paprika, sweet
Instructions
Process
- Prep
- Cook the eggs, then quarter
- Beef filling
- Heat the oil to high
- Add the beef, cook until done then remove.
- Add the onion to the same pan, cook 4 minutes
- Add the garlic, cook 30 seconds
- Add the beef back, mix through
- Stir in the spices
- Add the flour, mix until absorbed
- Add the stock, stir well
- Lower heat to medium, cook 5 minutes, stirring regularly - until the mixture is quite thick
- Remove from heat, spread in a baking dish
- Corn layer
- Melt the butter over medium high
- Add the sweetcorn, cook 5 minutes
- Add to a blender with the milk, salt, basil, then back onto the pan
- Add the polenta, lower heat to medium-low and cook for 5 minutes - stirring regularly - until thick enough to mound on a spoon
- Assembly
- Press the eggs into the beef layer
- Scatter olives and raisins
- Dollop and spread the corn atop the surface
- Sprinkle with the paprika
- Bake for 40 minutes at 200C
Nutrition details
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| Nutrition | Per portion | Batch total |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 437 | 1747 |
| Protein | 38.1 | 152.2 |
| Carbohydrates | 34.6 | 138.4 |
| Total Sugars | 16.1 | 64.2 |
| Free Sugars | 3.0 | 12.0 |
| Fat | 14.7 | 58.6 |
| Saturated Fat | 4.9 | 19.5 |
| Fibre | 8.5 | 33.8 |
| Alcohol | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Salt | 1.1 | 4.6 |
| Iron | 5.38 | 21.5 |
| Calcium | 119 | 475 |
| Vitamin B12 | 3.51 | 14.1 |
| Omega 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Magnesium | 75.9 | 304 |
| Potassium | 785 | 3140 |
| Caffeine | 0 | 0 |
| Cost | £2.10 | £8.40 |
Component details (1)
Aggregated amounts used by this recipe.
- Soft Boiled Egg — Amount required: 2 batch