Cooking Today 3/15: Shepppard's Pie
By: Sarah Hickman
Updated: March 15, 2012
Sheppard's Pie
Ingredients
-1 1/2 pounds ground beef
-1/4 pound bacon, raw and diced
-1/2 cup red onions, diced
-1 cup carrots, diced
-1/2 Can Allens Sweet Peas
-1 teaspoon garlic, chopped
-1/2 cup parsley, chopped
-2 tablespoons tomato paste
-1 teaspoon lemon juice
-1/2 cup flour
-1/2 teaspoon crushed red chili flakes
-salt and pepper to taste
-1 beer
-cooked mashed potatoes*
*Loaded Mashed Potato Ingredients and Recipe
-2 potatoes, peeled and chopped
-1 cup cheddar cheese
-5 strips crispy bacon
-2 green onion stalks, chopped
-1 stick butter
-1 1/2 cups milk
-salt and pepper to taste
*Cook potatoes in boiling water until soft.
*Drain potatoes. While still hot, combine potatoes with 1 stick of butter and 1 1/2 cups of milk, and mix well. Add 1 cup of cheddar cheese, 5 strips of crispy bacon, 2 stalks of chopped onion stalks (chives), and salt & pepper to taste. Mix well and potatoes are ready.
Recipe
1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. First, take 1/4 pound of raw, diced bacon and place on stove top. Cook to render bacon, creating bacon fat/oil that will be used in recipe.
3. Once bacon is cooked, remove bacon, leaving the oil. Add 1 pound of ground beef to the pan on the stove top and brown.
4. Once beef is cooked, add 1/2 cup of diced red onions, 1 cup of diced carrots, and about 1/2 can of Allens Sweet Peas. Mix this together well.
5. Add 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic, 1/2 cup of chopped parsley, 2 tablespoons of tomato paste, 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste, and 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red chili flakes. Mix well.
6. Add flour to the mixture to thicken.
7. Add 1 bottle (or can) of beer. Cook for a few minutes as the mixture continues to thicken.
8. Place mixture in casserole dish.
9. Add pre-cooked mashed potatoes to the top of the dish, and place in the oven for 10 minutes. Then serve.
Makes 6 servings.
Steven Brooks is the Executive Chef at Springdale Country Club. Chef Brooks offers monthly cooking classes at the club.
Shot in the home of Dr. & Mrs. Roblee.
Ingredients
-1 1/2 pounds ground beef
-1/4 pound bacon, raw and diced
-1/2 cup red onions, diced
-1 cup carrots, diced
-1/2 Can Allens Sweet Peas
-1 teaspoon garlic, chopped
-1/2 cup parsley, chopped
-2 tablespoons tomato paste
-1 teaspoon lemon juice
-1/2 cup flour
-1/2 teaspoon crushed red chili flakes
-salt and pepper to taste
-1 beer
-cooked mashed potatoes*
*Loaded Mashed Potato Ingredients and Recipe
-2 potatoes, peeled and chopped
-1 cup cheddar cheese
-5 strips crispy bacon
-2 green onion stalks, chopped
-1 stick butter
-1 1/2 cups milk
-salt and pepper to taste
*Cook potatoes in boiling water until soft.
*Drain potatoes. While still hot, combine potatoes with 1 stick of butter and 1 1/2 cups of milk, and mix well. Add 1 cup of cheddar cheese, 5 strips of crispy bacon, 2 stalks of chopped onion stalks (chives), and salt & pepper to taste. Mix well and potatoes are ready.
Recipe
1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. First, take 1/4 pound of raw, diced bacon and place on stove top. Cook to render bacon, creating bacon fat/oil that will be used in recipe.
3. Once bacon is cooked, remove bacon, leaving the oil. Add 1 pound of ground beef to the pan on the stove top and brown.
4. Once beef is cooked, add 1/2 cup of diced red onions, 1 cup of diced carrots, and about 1/2 can of Allens Sweet Peas. Mix this together well.
5. Add 1 teaspoon of chopped garlic, 1/2 cup of chopped parsley, 2 tablespoons of tomato paste, 1 teaspoon of lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste, and 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red chili flakes. Mix well.
6. Add flour to the mixture to thicken.
7. Add 1 bottle (or can) of beer. Cook for a few minutes as the mixture continues to thicken.
8. Place mixture in casserole dish.
9. Add pre-cooked mashed potatoes to the top of the dish, and place in the oven for 10 minutes. Then serve.
Makes 6 servings.
Steven Brooks is the Executive Chef at Springdale Country Club. Chef Brooks offers monthly cooking classes at the club.
Shot in the home of Dr. & Mrs. Roblee.
