Spicy Sausage Pot Pie With Cornmeal Pastry:

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 ounces hot italian sausage, crumbled
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped peeled rutabagas (8oz) or 1 1/2 cups turnips (8oz)
• 1 cup mild salsa or 1 cup medium hot salsa
• 3/4 cup cooked ham, cut into 1/2 inch cubes (4oz)
• 1/2 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
• 1 (15 ounce) can yellow hominy, rinsed & drained
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1/4 salt

Recipe

• 1 in a med mixing bowl combine pastry ingredients.
• 2 using a pastry blender,cut in 1/3shorting until pieces are pea-size.
• 3 sprinkle 3-5 tablespoons of cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, over mixture, tossing with a fork after each addition until moistened.
• 4 form dough into a ball.
• 5 in large skillet cook hot sausage for 8-10 minutes or until brown.
• 6 drain fat.
• 7 stir in rutabaga,salsa,ham& broth.
• 8 bring to boil & reduce heat.
• 9 cover until rutabaga is crisp-tender (8-10 min). stir in hominy.
• 10 spoon sausage mixture into a ungreased 1 1/2-quart casserole.
• 11 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 12 prepare cornmeal pastry: measure diameter of top of casserole. roll pastry about 1 inch larger than top of casserole.
• 13 place pastry on top of casserole.
• 14 turn edges on top under & fluted; cut slits on top for steam to escape.
• 15 bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until pastry is golden brown!