Active time: 45 min Start to finish: 45 min
Recipe information
Yield
Makes 4 (light main course) servings
Ingredients
For biscuits
For filling
For topping
Preparation
Make biscuits:
Step 1
Preheat oven to 425°F.
Step 2
Sift together flour, cornmeal, baking powder and soda, salt, and sugar into a bowl and blend in butter with your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Step 3
Stir together sour cream and water, then stir into flour mixture with a fork until just combined.
Step 4
Drop dough in 4 evenly spaced mounds on a buttered baking sheet and bake in middle of oven until pale golden and cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool biscuits slightly on a rack.
Make filling while biscuits bake:
Step 5
Brown kielbasa in a large heavy skillet over moderate heat, turning it, and transfer to a bowl with a slotted spoon. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from skillet, then cook tomatoes, onion, and jalape‱o, stirring, until tomatoes are softened, 1 to 2 minutes.
Step 6
Toss tomato mixture with kielbasa and stir in cilantro, lime juice, and salt to taste.
Step 7
Split warm biscuits and spoon filling and sour cream onto bottom halves. Put tops on biscuits.
