When it comes to comfort food, nothing brings me bigger joy than the tamale.
But as I soon discovered, these meat-and-corn filled husks are not easy to whip up.
Not that I wouldn’t want to take the steps to get to steamed-to-perfection bliss, but I opted for the advice of some of my favorite cooks.
Here’s my version of easy peasy tamale pie, inspired by Martha and Kate of Kate’s in A Pickle.