Traditional corn pie

The corn cake is one of the most traditional dishes of Chile and contains all the ingredients, like corn, that have long brought out the food in this wonderful country.

Ingredients

• 120 g of chopped steak
• 2 cups corn grain
• 1 leg of chicken
• Black olives
• Raisins
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/4 of cooked egg
• 1/4 of onion
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 pinch of oregano
• 1 pinch of cumin
• 1 pinch of paprika
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Chop the steak and onion finely. Saute the onion, add the beef and season with salt, pepper, oregano, cumin and paprika. Pour into a single pot (preferably clay) and add the cooked chicken, egg, olives and raisins. Grind the corn aside and fry in butter and then thicken with cornstarch fire. Cover with the pan and sprinkle this sugar. Finally flames and serve. This recipe is from Bonifacio Peña, chef of the restaurant "A corner of Chile" in Mexico City (Patrick Sanz 1609, col. Del Valle).

Country:  Chile

Season / Occasion: All year

Main ingredient:  Vegetables