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April 10, 2024

Pastel de Choclo? Maize casserole from Chile / Peru

Time

Preparation time: 30 min.
Cooking or baking time: 25 min.
Total preparation time: 55 min.

In South America, "corn" is called? Choclo? known and a common ingredient in many regional recipes. Pastel de choclo is a hearty casserole of minced meat, olives, egg and maize, with a subtle sweet note, which comes from dried fruit and a wafer-thin sugar crust (possibly with a pinch of cinnamon ennobled).

The casserole consists of 5 - 6 layers, where you can easily fall back on leftovers from the lecture or canned or depending on the location in the pantry or refrigerator can be thicker or thinner or can be omitted altogether. Only the? Pino? In any case, I prepare the minced meat layer fresh, the corn layer may be a bit more generous.

ingredients for 4 persons

Pino (minced meat)

500 g minced beef
1 onion or 4 shallots (chopped)
Garlic to taste
if necessary, 1 red pepper
4 tablespoons dried fruit, z. Eg raisins
Pepper-pink, salt

olive layer

4 tablespoons of chopped black olives

egg layer

4 hard-boiled eggs, diced

Possibly. chicken layer

possibly cooked / roasted chicken meat (remains of the day before diced)

corn layer

4 cups cooked corn kernels (about 4 corncobs or 2 cans)

sugar crust

1 tablespoon of sugar
if necessary, a pinch of cinnamon or herbs
knobs of butter

preparation

Preheat oven to 200 degrees and make casserole dish.
Cook eggs hard or cook corn on the cob.
Prepare Pino: Fry the minced meat in a hot pan with no added fat, if enough fat has spilled out of the minced meat, add the chopped onions and the garlic. When the onions are glassy, add paprika, continue frying. Add dry fruits and a few tablespoons of hot water, season and cover covered on low flame.
Prepare corn layer: Separate corn kernels from corn on the cob and puree with a little liquid (water / milk).
Dice the olives, peel and dice the eggs, dice the chicken meat.
Layer the ingredients in the casserole dish in the above order: