Hot Tamale Pie

Ingredients

1 tb olive oil
1 onion
2 garlic
1 package unsweetend tomato sauce
1 ear corn kernels off
3/4 c corn
1 t chili powder
1 t cumin
1 ts fine sea salt
3 c water
1 c stone cornmeal
1 tb squeezed lemon juice
1 t dijon mustard

Instructions

Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the onion bell pepper, and garlic and cook until softened. 6 to 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the tomato sauce, pinto beans, corn, chili powder, cumin, salt and cayenne. Pour into an 8 x 8 glass baking dish. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Boil the water add the cornmeal, lemon juice, mustard, and salt in a large saucepan, and stir until mixed. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then immediately reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring often, until thickened, 4 to 5 minutes. Spread the cooked cornmeal over the bean mixture. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before serving. From DEEANNE's recipe files