Recipe

Pastel de Choclo (Chilean Corn & Beef Casserole)

Onion-beef filling topped with corn pudding

ger meal

Time
Yield4 portions
Energy437 kcal
Components1
Contents

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

  1. Prep
    1. Cook the eggs, then quarter
  2. Beef filling
    1. Heat the oil to high
    2. Add the beef, cook until done then remove.
    3. Add the onion to the same pan, cook 4 minutes
    4. Add the garlic, cook 30 seconds
    5. Add the beef back, mix through
    6. Stir in the spices
    7. Add the flour, mix until absorbed
    8. Add the stock, stir well
    9. Lower heat to medium, cook 5 minutes, stirring regularly - until the mixture is quite thick
    10. Remove from heat, spread in a baking dish
  3. Corn layer
    1. Melt the butter over medium high
    2. Add the sweetcorn, cook 5 minutes
    3. Add to a blender with the milk, salt, basil, then back onto the pan
    4. Add the polenta, lower heat to medium-low and cook for 5 minutes - stirring regularly - until thick enough to mound on a spoon
  4. Assembly
    1. Press the eggs into the beef layer
    2. Scatter olives and raisins
    3. Dollop and spread the corn atop the surface
    4. Sprinkle with the paprika
    5. Bake for 40 minutes at 200C

Nutrition details

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NutritionPer portionBatch total
Calories4371747
Protein38.1152.2
Carbohydrates34.6138.4
Total Sugars16.164.2
Free Sugars3.012.0
Fat14.758.6
Saturated Fat4.919.5
Fibre8.533.8
Alcohol0.00.0
Salt1.14.6
Iron5.3821.5
Calcium119475
Vitamin B123.5114.1
Omega 300
Magnesium75.9304
Potassium7853140
Caffeine00
Cost£2.10£8.40
Component details (1)

Aggregated amounts used by this recipe.