Southwest Meat Pie

Ingredients

6 slices bacon
450 gr beef
150 gr corn
34 gr green bell peppers
30 gr onions
32 gr cornmeal
1 gr oregano
3 gr chili powder
3 gr salt
1 gr black pepper
230 ml tomato sauce
1 egg
60 ml milk
2 ml dry mustard
2 ml worcestershire sauce
170 gr cheddar cheese
34 gr black olives
34 gr green chiles
130 gr all purpose flour
16 gr cornmeal
65 gr bacon fat

Instructions

1. Fry bacon until crisp; break into large pieces.

2. Chill one third cup bacon drippings until firm to use for crust, or use vegetable shortening instead.

3. Brown ground beef in large skillet, drain well. Stir in corn, green pepper, onion, corn meal, oregano, chili powder, half teaspoon salt, pepper, tomato sauce and half the mild green chiles. Keep warm while preparing pie crust.

4. CRUST: Combine 1 cup flour and 2 tablespoons cornmeal. Cut in bacon drippings with two knives or pastry blender until mixture is the size of small peas. Sprinkle 3-4 tablespoons water over mixture; stir with fork until dough holds together. Form into a ball and flatten to 1 cm thick. Keep edges smooth. Roll out on a floured surface to a diameter 1- 1 cm larger than inverted 23 cm pie plate. Fit into pie plate and fold edges to form a rim, then flute edges.

5. Place the ground beef mixture into pie crust. Bake in preheated 425-degree oven for 25 minutes.

6. Combine egg, milk, half teaspoon salt, dry mustard, Worcestershire sauce, half the sliced olives, 2 tablespoons mild green chiles and shredded cheese. Spread on top of beef mixture. Top with bacon and remaining olives. Bake for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.