Corn Pie With Ground Beef Crust

Dave C's Note:

Great on a cool fall day. You may want to omit or decrease jalapeño pepper.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 40 mins
• Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 cup chopped onion
• ½ cup chopped celery
• ½ cup choppedsweet red peppers or ½ cup chopped green sweet pepper
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped seeded jalapeno peppers
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic (6 cloves)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1 (14 ½ ounce) can diced tomatoes , drained
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 lb extra lean ground beef
• ¼ cup fine dry breadcrumb
• 2 slightly beaten eggs
• ½ cup milk
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 2 ¾ cups fresh whole kernel corn or 2 ¾ cups fresh frozen whole kernel corn , thawed and drained
• 2 green onions , thinly sliced

Directions:

1. In a large skillet, cook onion, celery, sweet pepper, jalapeño pepper, and garlic in hot oil about 5 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally.
2. Remove from heat and drain off fat.
3. Stir in drained tomatoes,balsamic vinegar, chili powder, cumin, the 1/2 teaspoon salt, and the crushed red pepper.
4. In a large bowl, combine ground beef, bread crumbs, and the onion-tomato mixture.
5. Spread meat mixture evenly in an ungreased 2-quart square baking dish.
6. In same bowl, combine eggs, milk, flour, and the 1/4 teaspoon salt; beat with a wire whisk until smooth.
7. Stir in corn and green onions.
8. Spoon evenly over meat layer.
9. Bake, uncovered, in a 350°F oven about 40 minutes or until corn layer is just set and meat layer is no longer pink.
10. Let stand for 10 minutes; cut into portions to serve.

Reviews

[kjh]

Super easy and very good, I experimented with the veggie amounts to suit my family's tastes and it still turned out great.

[Mirj]

We really enjoyed this for supper last night. The balsamic vinegar in the tomatoes gives it a great kick! I used water instead of milk to keep out the dairy, and it worked just fine. Since I was feeding more children than should be legal, I also cut back on the spicy ingredients and put some crushed red pepper on the table so everyone could add in their own. Another winner, Dave!

[Clifford Boren]

Despite all the spicey ingredients, this came out rather bland. Barb says all she could taste is the corn.