Shepherd's Pie for Christmas or a Party
Shepherd's Pie for Christmas or a Party

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, shepherd's pie for christmas or a party. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

In a large skillet over medium-high heat, saute the onion in vegetable oil. When the onion is soft add the ground beef, breaking it apart with a wooden spoon and brown. Stir in tomato sauce and mixed vegetables. Shepherd's Pie for Christmas or a Party Recipe by cookpad.japan - Cookpad Shepherd's Pie for Christmas or a Party I tried making an easy shepherd's pie using beef stew roux and it came out great.

Shepherd's Pie for Christmas or a Party is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Shepherd's Pie for Christmas or a Party is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook shepherd's pie for christmas or a party using 11 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's Pie for Christmas or a Party:
  1. Make ready 3 Potatoes
  2. Get 3 cm Carrot
  3. Prepare 1 Green pepper
  4. Take 1/2 Onion
  5. Make ready 200 grams Ground pork (or beef, or a mixture of pork and beef)
  6. Prepare 1 tbsp Vegetable oil (for sautéing)
  7. Make ready 1 dash Salt and pepper
  8. Prepare 2 squares Beef stew roux (store-bought)
  9. Get 2 tbsp Water
  10. Make ready 2 tbsp Margarine or butter
  11. Make ready 100 ml Milk

I had all these vegetables and meat hanging around after Christmas and was trying to come up with a delicious way to use them up and not make it seem like we were eating leftovers. I think I came up with a very delicious way of doing it! Technically I guess you can't really call this a shepherd's pie as there hasn't been a shepherd of a sheep within fifty yards of it, but my oh my, it. In England, the birthplace of this hearty dish, shepherd's pie is most often made with a ground-lamb filling.

Steps to make Shepherd's Pie for Christmas or a Party:
  1. Mince the onion, carrot, and green pepper. Heat some vegetable oil in a skillet and sauté the onion, ground meat, carrots, and green pepper in that order. Season it with salt and pepper.
  2. Finely chop the beef stew roux.
  3. Once the ingredients from Step 1 are cooked, add 2 tablespoons of water and the stew roux from Step 2, then sauté until the roux is dissolved.
  4. Peel the potatoes, roughly chop them up and boil until tender. Drain the potatoes, put them back in the pot, and cook off the excess water. Mash them with a potato masher.
  5. Add and mix the butter into the potatoes from Step 4.
  6. Pour the milk into the potatoes from Step 5 and mix until smooth.
  7. In a heat-proof container, add a half portion of the meat mixture from Step 3. Add a half portion of the mashed potatoes on top and spread it over the meat.
  8. Repeat the Step 7 procedure by adding another layer of meat, and then another layer of mashed potatoes on top. Use the back of a fork to draw lines on the surface.
  10. Bake it in the oven at 200℃ (392 F) for 35-40 minutes until the top is browned. (Alternatively, it should take about 15-20 minutes at 250℃ or 482°F.
  11. This dish is delicious fresh out of the oven. Once it gets cold, you can microwave it and it will be delicious. It is good in a lunch box, too.

Technically I guess you can't really call this a shepherd's pie as there hasn't been a shepherd of a sheep within fifty yards of it, but my oh my, it. In England, the birthplace of this hearty dish, shepherd's pie is most often made with a ground-lamb filling. In the States, people use ground beef, which is what we call for here. Unlike other shepherd's pie recipes, this one calls for frozen vegetables instead of fresh and can be made the day before. This Easy Shepherd's Pie With Ground Beef is a perfect dinner for two or three people.

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