Pastel de Choclo
Chile's summer casserole: a golden corn custard over the same beef pino filling as empanadas, baked in clay bowls until it caramelises. Ingredients: fresh corn (choclo), basil, milk, butter, eggs, sugar; filling: ground beef, onion, chicken pieces, olives, raisins, hard-boiled egg, cumin, paprika.
What it is
Chile's summer casserole: a golden corn custard over the same beef pino filling as empanadas, baked in clay bowls until it caramelises. Ingredients: fresh corn (choclo), basil, milk, butter, eggs, sugar; filling: ground beef, onion, chicken pieces, olives, raisins, hard-boiled egg, cumin, paprika. Recipe: 1) Make the pino; divide among clay pailas with chicken, olives and egg. 2) Grind corn with basil; cook into a thick, sweet porridge with milk and butter. 3) Spread over the pino; dust with sugar. 4) Bake until bronzed and bubbling. Serve: scalding from the clay bowl, in the corn season. Flavor: sweet corn against savory, smoky filling. History: the Mapuche humitas tradition meets the Spanish meat pie — pastel de choclo is the edible emblem of the Chilean countryside summer. See also: Empanadas de Pino, Cazuela.
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