Recipe - Pastel De Choclo

1 One half pound Chicken pieces
4 md Yellow onions; peeled, 1
quartered, 3 chopped
2 Bay leaves; (divided use)
Salt and freshly ground
black pepper
5 cup Fresh corn kernels (about 8
ears)
1 cup Milk
6 tablespoon Vegetable oil; divided
1 Clove garlic; peeled &
crushed
Three fourths pound Ground beef
One fourth teaspoon Ground cumin
2 teaspoon Dried oregano
2 teaspoon Sweet paprika
3 tablespoon Roughly chopped raisins
2 Hardcooked eggs; cut into
wedges
6 Black olives; pitted &
chopped
2 tablespoon Sugar

Place chicken, the quartered onion, and 1 bay leaf in a pot. Season with
salt and pepper, add water to cover, and bring to a simmer over mediumhigh
heat. Reduce heat to mediumlow, cover, and cook until chicken is done, 15
to 20 minutes. Remove chicken. When cool, remove skin, pull meat from
bones, and tear into large pieces. Transfer quartered onion (discard
cooking liquid and bay leaf) to a food processor or blender. Add corn and
milk and puree until smooth.

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a skillet over mediumhigh heat, add corn puree,
cook, stirring until thick, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat remaining 4 T. oil in a skillet over
medium heat. Add garlic and cook until golden, 5 to 7 minutes. Discard
garlic. Add the 3 chopped onions and 1 One fourth cups water and cook over
mediumhigh heat until liquid evaporates and onions are soft, 5 to 8
minutes. Add beef, breaking it up with the back of a spoon, and cook,
stirring, until brown, 5 to 8 minutes. Add cumin, oregano, remaining bay
leaf, paprika, and raisins, and season with salt and pepper. Stir in 3/4
cup water, reduce heat to medium, and simmer until mixture is almost dry,
about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and discard bay leaf.

Spread beef mixture in the bottom of a 2quart casserole or in 4 smaller
ovenproof dishes. Add chicken, eggs, and olives, spread corn puree on top,
and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and preheat
broiler. Brown under broiler for about 5 minutes. Serve hot.

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Recipe by: Dean Fearing

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #820 by Holly Butman
butma001@acpub.duke.edu on Sep 29, 1997