Coal Miners Pie

By ksgroves

Ingredients

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 1 15 oz. can tomato sauce.
• 2 green peppers, chopped
• 1 can corn, drained
• 1 or 2 TBS chili powder
• 1 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. pepper
• 2 eggs
• 1 TBS vegetable shortening
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 3/4 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1 TBS flour
• 1 tsp. baking soda

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brown beef and onions in Dutch oven, breaking up the meat with spoon until meat is no longer pink. Stir in tomato sauce, green pepper, corn, chili powder, 1 tsp salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, lower heat, cover, simmer 15 minutes. Pour meat mixture into ungreased 10 inch deep dish pie plate. Beat together eggs, shortening and buttermilk in a small bowl for 1 minute. Beat in cornmeal, flour, and baking soda and remaining 1/4 tsp of salt just until well blended. Spoon over the top of meat. Spread evenly to cover entire surface. Some of the mixture will run into meat but it will rise during baking. Bake in preheated moderate oven for about 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in cornmeal layer comes out clean.