Archive for April, 2011
Shepherd’s Pie
Friday, April 22nd, 2011Sorry, been neglecting the blog. I’ll have to do something about that some day soon.
I’m posting this recipe here so I can have easy access to it.
From here:
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/easy_shepherds_pie/
Easy Shepherd’s Pie Recipe
* Prep time: 10 minutes
* Cook time: 50 minutes
Ingredients
* 1 1/2 lbs ground round beef
* 1 onion chopped
* 1-2 cups vegetables – chopped carrots, corn, peas
* 1 1/2 – 2 lbs potatoes (3 big ones)
* 8 tablespoons butter (1 stick)
* 1/2 cup beef broth
* 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
* Salt, pepper, other seasonings of choice
Method
1 Peel and quarter potatoes, boil in salted water until tender (about 20 minutes).
2 While the potatoes are cooking, melt 4 Tablespoons butter (1/2 a stick) in large frying pan.
3 Sauté onions in butter until tender over medium heat (10 mins). If you are adding vegetables, add them according to cooking time. Put any carrots in with the onions. Add corn or peas either at the end of the cooking of the onions, or after the meat has initially cooked.
4 Add ground beef and sauté until no longer pink. Add salt and pepper. Add worcesterchire sauce. Add half a cup of beef broth and cook, uncovered, over low heat for 10 minutes, adding more beef broth as necessary to keep moist.
5 Mash potatoes in bowl with remainder of butter, season to taste.
6 Place beef and onions in baking dish. Distribute mashed potatoes on top. Rough up with a fork so that there are peaks that will brown nicely. You can use the fork to make some designs in the potatoes as well.
7 Cook in 400 degree oven until bubbling and brown (about 30 minutes). Broil for last few minutes if necessary to brown.
Yield: Serves four.
Things I do differently: I usually use Ground Turkey and Chicken or Veggie Broth. I also sometimes use leftover mashed potatoes, if I’ve made mashed potatoes recently. I also use Trader Joe’s Organic Foursome frozen veggie mix, but I add that to cut veggies. I also never have Worcestershire sauce so I don’t use that. Sometimes I’ll add a little soy sauce or something. And of course, I eat most everything with Crystal Hot Sauce, so I just add that for flavor at the end.