Tamal En Cazuela Cuban Polenta Pork

Step 1: Put oil in stock pot

Step 2: To pork add salt, black pepper to taste, and cumin.

Step 3: Brown on all side well

Step 4: Add water to top of meat

Step 5: Leave uncoverd to braise

Step 6: Bring to a boil on high, stir and leave uncovered

Step 7: Then get a large pot

Step 8: Add cornmeal, cover with water generously

Step 9: (don't measure at this point we are just washing it), (i think you could skip this step they were washing out bugs and dirt)

Step 10: Give it a good stir,

Step 11: And wait 3 minutes or less for the cornmeal to settle at the bottom,

Step 12: Then slowly and carefully pour most of the water out

Step 13: After doing that add about 8 cups water,

Step 14: Add salt,

Step 15: Add sugar

Step 16: Put on the stove over high heat, stirring (whisking)constantly until it comes to a boil (this takes awhile)

Step 17: Then lower heat to low and stir (with flat bottomed spatula)occasionally scraping bottom

Step 18: Meanwhile

Step 19: The pork will have cooked down close to devoid of water, allowing meat to brown all over,

Step 20: Add your onion, garlic, and bell pepper

Step 21: Allow to cook down and stir the pork occasionally for about 8 minutes on medium high heat til onions are translucent and garlic very fragrant

Step 22: Then add tomato

Step 23: Stir

Step 24: Letting cook an additional 2 minutes. Meanwhile

Step 25: Stir your cornmeal to make sure it doesn't stick to bottom of pot while you were doing all that.

Step 26: Add creamed corn to polenta ,cornmeal should be thick

Step 27: Now add your pork, onion, garlic, bell pepper, tomato and spice mixture you had all frying up together in the seperate pan to the cornmeal,

Step 28: Raise heat to medium and stir constantly for about 5 minutes, add salt to taste ,if needed.