Tamale Pie

Growing up in Los Angeles, we ate a lot of Tex-Mex food. A friend of my mom’s—we called her Aunt Peggy—served a cornbread-topped casserole with spicy meat, beans, cheese, olives, and raisins at her patio parties. I’ve carried the memory of her tamale pie from my childhood. Judging by online bloggers, countless other people love the dish. I updated it with some authentic ingredients that probably weren’t available back then, like chipotles in adobo, mole sauce, and masa harina for tamales, t