Pastel de choclos

Basque Chicken

• CORN FROM 5 COBS
• 1 ONION, chopped
• 1 TOMATO, cut
• 4 EGGS
• 500 GRAM MINCED BEEF
• 10 OLIVES, chopped
• 1/2 TSP CUMIN POWDER
• 2 TBSP RAISINS
• 1 TBSP FLOUR
• HANDFUL PARSLEY, chopped

• 1 CHICKEN, cut in pieces
• 2 BELL PEPPERS, cleaned and cut
• 2 ONIONS, sliced
• 2 CLOVES GARLIC, chopped
• 12 OLIVES
• 10 POTATOES, cleaned and cut in pieces
• 1 TSP PAPRIKA POWDER
• 200 GRAM CHORIZO, cubed
• 2 GLASSES WHITE WINE
• 2 TBSP TOMATO PUREE

Boil 2 eggs for 10 minutes, peel them and cut them in pieces. Stir fry the onion 3 minutes, add the beef and tomatoes and stir fry 5 minutes more. Add the cumin powder and half a cup of water and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the raisins, the olives and the parsley and pepper and salt to taste and put this mixture in an oven dish. Sprinkle with hard boiled egg. Grind the corn and add the remaining eggs and the flour. Pour this on top of the meat mixture. Bake the pastel 45 minutes at 160 degrees Celsius.

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Fry the chicken pieces in olive oil and put them in an oven dish. Add the potato pieces. Stir fry the bell peppers, the onions, the garlic and the chorizo five minutes in olive oil. Add the wine, the tomato puree and pepper and salt to taste and simmer for two minutes. Add the paprika powder and olives and pour this on top of the chicken. Cover with aluminum foil and bake 45 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius. Take the aluminum off and bake the chicken 15 minutes more.

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