Name: Cornbread-Topped Chilli Con Carne
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: 4 onions; 2 cloves garlic; 1/4 cup/4 tablespoons olive oil; 2 teaspoons dried or crushed chillies, or to taste; 2 teaspoons ground coriander; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; 5 cardamom pods, bruised; 2 red bell peppers; 3lbs 4oz ground beef; 7 cups canned chopped tomatoes; 1/2 cup/8 tablespoons tomato ketchup; 1/2 cup/8 tablespoons tomato puree; 1 cup water; 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa; 3 1/2 cups red kidney beans; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 4 cups cornmeal; 1/4 cup/4 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 6 teaspoons baking powder; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 3 cups buttermilk; 4 eggs; 2 teaspoons honey flour; 1/4 cup/4 tablespoons vegetable oil; 2 cups Cheddar cheese, coarsely grated; 4 ripe avocados; 4 scallions; Juice of 2 limes; 1/4 cup chopped cilantro; 2 cups sour cream

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4 onions

2 cloves garlic

1/4 cup/4 tablespoons olive oil

2 teaspoons dried or crushed chillies, or to taste

2 teaspoons ground coriander

2 teaspoons ground cumin

5 cardamom pods, bruised

2 red bell peppers

3lbs 4oz ground beef

7 cups canned chopped tomatoes

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Peel and finely chop the onions; you might want to use the processor here, and if so, add the peeled garlic or mince it by hand. Heat the oil in a very large pan it has to take every-thing later and fry the onion and garlic until they begin to soften. Add the chilli, coriander, cumin and crushed cardamom pods and stir well. Deseed and finely dice the red peppers, and tip into the spicy onion. Break up the ground beef into the pan and, using a fork, keep turning it to separate it as the meat browns. Its hard to brown quite so much meat, so just do the best you can. Add the chopped tomatoes, kidney beans, ketchup, puree and water, stirring to make a rich red sauce. When the chilli starts to boil, sprinkle over the cocoa and stir it in. Simmer partially covered for 1 1/2 hours. At this point you can cool and freeze the chilli, or just keep it in the fridge or a cool place overnight. Preheat the oven to 425F. Tip the chilli into a large, wide dish or keep in the pan that is ovenproof. Combine the salt, cornmeal, flour, baking powder and cinnamon in a bowl. Whisk together the buttermilk, eggs, honey and oil in a glass measuring cup, and then stir into the dry ingredients, mixing to make a vivid yellow batter. Pour the cornmeal topping over the chilli con carne, or blob it over to cover the top as evenly as possible. Dont worry if some of the chilli seeps through as this wont matter one tiny bit. Sprinkle the cheese over the top of the cornbread and then bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until the cornbread topping is risen and golden and the chilli underneath is bubbling. How long this precisely takes depends on how cold or hot the chilli was when it went into the oven. Since its such a huge vat, you may find it simpler to reheat it on the stove in its pan, before it gets its topping, to start with. Let the chilli stand for about 5 minutes once out of the oven before cutting the top into squares or slices to serve with a helping of chilli underneath. And alongside this

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