Corn Cake Beef Pie with Vegemite Glaze — Open-Face Beef Pie on Corn Cake - Chipa Guasu Meat Pie
Paraguayan chipa guasu fresh corn and cheese cake baked golden, topped with Australian beef-and-onion meat pie filling enriched with tomato-Vegemite glaze, served with sharp brown sauce and pickled onion.
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Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
For 2 servings
Instructions
Prep
Cut kernels off the corn cobs. Finely dice the yellow onions. Mince garlic. Crumble queso fresco. Slice red onion into thin rings. Pick parsley leaves. Preheat oven to 400F.
Build 1
Toss red onion rings with white vinegar, sugar, and a pinch of salt in a small bowl. Press down and rest 15 minutes until onion turns pink.
Sear
Heat 2 tbsp neutral oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high 60 seconds. Add yellow onions and cook 4 minutes until soft. Add beef, breaking it up, and brown 6 minutes until no pink remains.
Simmer
Stir in garlic, tomato paste, vegemite, Worcestershire, Dijon, and pepper 60 seconds until fragrant. Sprinkle flour over the beef and stir 90 seconds. Pour in beef stock and reduce to low for 7 minutes until the gravy thickens and clings to the meat. Adjust salt off the heat.
Build 2
Melt 60g butter in a small saucepan over low heat 60 seconds. Pulse 2/3 of the corn kernels in a chopper to a coarse mash. Whisk masa harina, baking powder, 0.5 tsp salt, eggs, milk, melted butter, and mashed corn in a bowl. Fold in remaining whole corn kernels and queso fresco.
Bake
Tip corn batter into a medium oiled baking dish, smooth the top, and bake 25 minutes until the cake turns deep gold and a skewer comes out clean. Rest 5 minutes.
Plate
Cut thick wedges of chipa guasu and lay on plates. Spoon hot beef pie filling generously over the corn cake so the gravy soaks into the surface. Scatter pickled red onion and parsley across the top, spoon brown sauce alongside, drizzle the remaining 2 tbsp neutral oil for gloss, and serve while everything is hot.
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