Recipe - Fiesta Tamale Pie

1 tablespoon Vegetable oil
1 Clove garlic,
peeled & crushed
1 small Onion, minced
1 pound Lean ground beef
One fourth pound Bulk pork sausage
16 ounce Stewed tomatoes, undrained
16 ounce Whole kernel corn, drained
1 One half teaspoon Salt
1 One half teaspoon Chili powder
18 Pitted ripe olives
2 Eggs, well beaten
1 cup Corn meal
1 cup Milk
1 cup Grated Cheddar cheese

1. Combine vegetable oil, onion and garlic in a large, heat resistant,
nonmetallic mixing bowl; heat, uncovered, in Micro wave Oven 2 minutes or
until onion is tender. 2. Add ground beef and sausage to onion and garlic.
Heat, uncovered, in Microwave Oven 5 minutes or until meat is browned. Stir
occasionally. 3. Drain excess fat. 4. Add tomatoes, corn, salt and chili
powder to meat mixture. Heat, uncovered, in Microwave Oven 4 minutes or
until mixture comes to a boil. 5. While meat mixture is cooking, combine
eggs, corn meal and milk in a mediumsized bowl. Blend thoroughly. Set
aside 6. Pour meat mixture into an 8inch square, heatresistant, non
metallic baking dish. 7. Press olives into meat mixture. 8. Spoon corn meal
mixture over meat mixture. 9. Sprinkle grated cheese on top. Heat,
uncovered, 10 minutes or until cheese melts.

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini