Tamale Squares

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground round
• 3/4 cup taco sauce or 3/4 cup salsa
• 3/4 cup flour
• 3/4 cup cornmeal
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese

Recipe

• 1 cook meat, stirring to crumble well.
• 2 (for extra fine meat, soak ground meat in cold water for 2 hours- in fridge. pour off water, and cook, stirring often. excess water will cook off, leaving very tender tiny crumbles). drain if needed, add taco sauce or salsa.
• 3 mix all ingredients except egg and cheese.
• 4 pour this cornmeal mixture in the bottom of a round pie pan.
• 5 spread meat/sauce mixture on cornmeal mixture.
• 6 beat together the egg and shredded cheese.
• 7 pour egg mixture on top of meat.
• 8 bake at 375°f for about 20 minutes or so, until the cheese is very golden.
• 9 serve with extra sauce or salsa.
• 10 this can be made as a vegetarian pie by using comparable amounts of refried beans.