Shepards Pie V2.0
This is Old English comfort food! I had it in the UK d twice and loved it once. I have been trying to get the one I liked duplicated. The couple of Tbs of Dano’s Seasonings that I added worked well.
Ingredients:
2 lbs. ground meat (lamb or beef or a mixture)
1 onion, diced
2 carrots, diced
1/2 cup frozen peas
2 Tbs tomato paste
1 celery stalk, diced
1 Tbs garlic (2 cloves), minced
1/2 tsp each, rosemary and thyme
1/2 cup red wine (I like Sangiovese )
Beef broth to cover mixture
1 Tbs Dano’s Original
1 Tbs Dano’s Spicy
1 tsp Worcestershire (pronounced, “wash your sister”) sauce
5-6 potatoes, peeled
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup cheddar, shredded
1/2 cup heavy cream, heated
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated and divided
Salt substitute and Pepper to taste
2 scallions, finely sliced (optional garnish)
Sprinkled Smoked Paprika
Instructions:
- Brown ground beef in a large skillet on medium. Salt and Pepper to taste. When cooked remove most of the fat and set aside. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Add onions and celery. carrots, and garlic and stir until softened. Taste f, if more salt and pepper is needed.
- Add tomato paste, rosemary, Dano’s. and thyme; Worcestershireand ; mix in peas. Cover mixture with beef broth and simmer on medium-low to reduce the broth, while you do the potatoes.
- Chop and boil potatoes. Rice or mash the potatoes in a large bowl. I think lumps as ok.
- Nix in butter, and shredded cheddar; Then warmed heavy cream and egg yolks into the potatoes. Lastly, mix in shredded 1/2 parmesan cheese.
- Spread the meat mixture evenly over the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish. Cover with an even layer of potatoes, Add some lines with a fork across the top.
- Salt and pepper to taste and sprinkle remaining parmesan cheese on top.
- Place on the middle rack of the preheated oven and cook until the top is golden brown(25-30 minutes).