Shepherd`s Pie
By : Method
- Boil, peel and smash the potatoes.
- Mix in the cheese (or cheesespread), butter, egg yolk & enough milk to get a soft yet stiff consistency - not watery and add salt to taste.
- (Alternatively, you just get the instant mashed potato pack from the stores - boil 2 cups water with 1.3 tbsp butter, then take off heat, add the powdered mashed potatoes & finally fold in 3/4 cup milk evenly till stiff yet soft.
- Preheat the oven to 250deg.
- Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat oil, fry onions, green chillies, garlic-ginger paste, cumin pwd, pepper pwd, optional thyme/oregano/rosemary.
- Add the cube of chicken stock & then the minced meat and stir-fry till the meat is almost done.
- Add the soy sauce or Worcester sauce, tomato paste/pasta sauce & vinegar.
- Fry well & then add the frozen vegs (optional).
- Cook open till its done and dry it up well (DRY!!!)
- Flatten the mince onto your baking dish, then flatten the mashed potato onto it gently with the moist (water) back of a flat ladle,
- Take a fork and lightly run lines or concentric circles/squares on it for design.
- Place in mid-level of oven for 25 mins and then set on top wrack on 'low-broil' for 2-3 mins to see the lines get darker.
- (You may even lightly brush an egg-white over the mashed potatoes before forking the designs over it, for a darker design).
- Take out when done and cool a bit before cutting.
Ingredients:
2 - large potatoes
a cup - Parmesan cheese or 5 tbsp cheesespread
3 tbsp - butter
1 - egg yolk
1 to 2 cups - milk
salt to taste
1 lb - minced meat
1 - medium chopped onions
1 to 2 - green chillies
1/2 tsp - garlic ginger paste
1/4 tsp - cumin pwd
1/4 tsp - pepper pwd
(thyme, oregano n rosemary optional but great)
a cube - chicken stock (with salt, else remember to add salt)
2 tbsp - soy sauce or Worcester sauce
1 tbsp - vinegar (optional)
1/2 cup - tomato paste or pasta sauce (garlic-onion flavored is the best!)
1 cup - frozen vegs (optional, maybe just peas n carrots)
2 - large potatoes
a cup - Parmesan cheese or 5 tbsp cheesespread
3 tbsp - butter
1 - egg yolk
1 to 2 cups - milk
salt to taste
1 lb - minced meat
1 - medium chopped onions
1 to 2 - green chillies
1/2 tsp - garlic ginger paste
1/4 tsp - cumin pwd
1/4 tsp - pepper pwd
(thyme, oregano n rosemary optional but great)
a cube - chicken stock (with salt, else remember to add salt)
2 tbsp - soy sauce or Worcester sauce
1 tbsp - vinegar (optional)
1/2 cup - tomato paste or pasta sauce (garlic-onion flavored is the best!)
1 cup - frozen vegs (optional, maybe just peas n carrots)
RECIPES BY MEARL FERNANDES
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