I know many people make Shepherd's Pie in tons of different ways, but here's the method I've adopted!
Whenever I make ground beef, I always make a lot and usually freeze some of it to save for a quick and easy meal. I make my ground beef the way my mom makes it (sort of like a sloppy joe). We grate an onion in a pot, add the ground beef to it, season it with some salt, pepper, and cumin (and a sprinkle of allspice), add a little chicken bouillon cube to it, and then add a whole can of crushed tomatoes to the mix. I stir that up and let it simmer for a while and add a can of tomato paste and sometimes a little brown sugar. I let that simmer again for another 15 minutes or so and then use this ground beef mix for a few different recipes! I use it in my Macarona bel Bechamel (see previous post), put it over some spaghetti, eat it with some pita bread, and use it in my Shepherd's Pie!
I make my Shepherd's pie by boiling some potatoes and then peeling them and mashing them. I add a stick of butter, some milk, salt, and pepper and mash them all together to get a mashed potato mix. I use half of the mix for the bottom of my pan, spread a little cheddar cheese over it, add a layer of frozen mixed veggies, a layer of the ground beef above, and then top it off with the remainder of the mashed potato mix. I use a fork to mar the top and then top it with a little more cheddar cheese and pop it in the oven for about a half an hour.
We buy an AMAZING white cheddar from Costco that our family just LOVES. It's the Kerrigold Dubliner Cheddar (for Caribbean folks - it tastes just as good as the New Zealand cheddar you may get back home!!!). My daughter LOVES this cheese and we love to eat it with some Crix as a midnight snack :)
Here's the Sheperd's Pie:
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| Completed pie! |
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| This is what the pie looked like out of the oven! |
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| I like to broil the top a little before taking it out of the oven |
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| Here's the cheese!!! |
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| Top layer forked |
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| Spreading the top layer over the ground beef |
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| Adding the frozen mixed veggies |
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| Layer of shredded cheddar |
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| Mashing the potatoes |
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