Ray's Tamale Pie.

You can cook Ray's Tamale Pie using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Ray's Tamale Pie

1. You need 1 of pork butt.
2. Prepare 1/2 of onion.
3. You need 1 of fresh mexican cheese.
4. It's of topping and bottom crust.
5. Prepare 2 cup of masa harina.
6. It's 1 tsp of baking powder.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
8. It's 2 cup of chicken broth.
9. You need 1/2 cup of corn oil.
10. Prepare 1/2 tsp of achote paste.
11. Prepare of meat sauce.
12. You need 2 can of chili colorado sauce"enchillada".
13. You need 1/2 tsp of cumin.
14. It's 1/2 of diced onion.
15. Prepare 1 tsp of oil.
16. You need 1/2 tsp of minced garlic.
17. It's 1 tsp of oregano.

Ray's Tamale Pie step by step

1. *NOTE*you will be doing a water bath so make sure you have two casserole dishes 1 bigger & 1 smaller..
2. start by cooking your pork but on high with 1/2 onion in a pot. put lid on so it will cook faster.Once done shredd and set aside..
3. now preheat oven to 400°F..
4. for masa add all ingredients together till you get a thick consistency. set aside..
5. for sauce add oil to a pan, add garlic,onion & cumin cook about 2 minutes on medium heat, add in sauce & oregano let come to a simmer, add in cook another 10minutes, set aside..
6. now add masa to bottom of casserole dish going all the way up sides, top with meat sauce and top that with more masa..
7. boil some water add to a bigger casserole dish & place tamale pie into water bath, be careful not to overfill you only want it to reach half way of tamale casserole dish. cover with foil bake 50 minutes.take off foil and bake another 15-20 minutes. top with fresh mexican cheese.
8. *I also have a recipe on my page for Red Sauce for Tamales if you want to use that sauce instead. *.