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Texas Cornbread Treat

The great thing is this a complete meal. 

Cheeses. The kings likes a mixture of American, cheddar, and pepper jack cheese, about a half pound combined.

Prepare and reserve these items:
One medium onion, diced
Four cloves fresh garlic, diced
Fresh peppers, as desired, one bell pepper or two or three jalapeños with seeds removed.

While the meat together with your seasonings of choice is browning in a separate skillet, grate or dice the cheeses and reserve.

In a 12 inch cast iron skillet, put enough shortening, bacon drippings, or coconut oil to thoroughly grease the skillet and have a little left over to drizzle into the cornmeal batter which is to be prepared. The King estimates that about four tablespoons of "grease" will be about right and a little more won't hurt. Put the skillet into a cold oven - Turn the oven temperature to 350 degrees---remember the next time you touch the skillet it will be smoking hot and the grease will be hot... be careful and use oven gloves or mitts.

While the oven & skillet are heating, make the cornbread batter: 

What you need:
2 cups cornmeal
2/3 cup flour
2 teaspoons FRESH baking powder
1 teaspoon FRESH baking soda
(Since people do not bake as often as in former times, there is a tendency to let baking powder and baking soda stay on the shelf until needed. They become stale over time and stale baking powder or soda is a sure indicator of failed bread. The Chef replaces his supply about every 90 days.)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon cayenne
2 eggs
2 cups buttermilk
1 small can cream style corn (use the smallest can available)

Note: all spices can be increased, decreased, or omitted as you prefer.

What to do
Mix the cornbread dry ingredients and reserve.
Then combine eggs and buttermilk, beating eggs thoroughly with the buttermilk, and reserve.
Stir can of cream style corn into the eggs and buttermilk mixture.
Make a well or pit  in the center of the dry ingredients
Pour the egg-buttermilk-corn mixture into center of the dry ingredients (into the well)

Gently fold the two mixtures together- Do NOT mix until the batter is smooth - just mix enough to moisten dry ingredients.

Once the skillet in the oven  is very, very hot ( it should be hot enough to be barely smoking, it will have been around the 350 degree mark for a while ) take it out of oven and make sure the bottom & sides of the skillet are greased (do this carefully because the pan is very hot, the grease is very hot; be sure to use good quality oven or pan handling gloves or mitts).

Drizzle just a little of the hot grease into the mixed cornbread batter & GENTLY fold the hot grease into the batter.

Then pour ONE HALF of your batter into the very hot skillet.

Then layer all of the ground beef, cheeses, peppers, onions, garlic over the batter in the hot pan.

Then pour the other half of the batter on top of the beef and vegetable layer.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes - Depending on your location, you might need to add five to ten minutes to the cooking time.

 
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