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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: rn.2332@rose.com
- Subject: Shepherd's Pie
- Message-ID: <89G51C3F@taronga.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 21:49:00 -0400
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- The following spruced up recipe for Shepherd's Pie is delicious:
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- MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.00
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- Title: Honky Tonk Shepherd's Pie
- Categories: Meats, Casseroles, Herbs, Tested
- Yield: 4 servings
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- MMMMM-----------------------POTATO TOPPING----------------------------
- 4 lg Yukon Gold Potatoes, peeled
- 1/4 c Whipping cream
- 2 tb Butter
- 2 Egg yolks
- Generous pinch nutmeg
- Salt and pepper
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- MMMMM--------------------------FILLING-------------------------------
- 3 tb Olive oil
- 1 ts Butter
- 1 sm Onion, finaly diced
- 1 Clove garlic, crushed
- Pinch chili flakes
- 1 md Carrot, finely chopped
- 1 Stalk celery, finely chopped
- 1 Sprig fresh thyme (1 ts dry)
- Salt and pepper
- 250 g Lean ground beef
- 250 g Ground lamb
- 1/4 c Chicken or beef stock
- 1 1/2 tb Tomato paste
- 1/2 c Chopped ass'd wild mushrooms
- -oyster, portobello or
- -shiitake
- 1 md Ripe, sliced tomato
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- For topping, place potatoes in large saucepan of cold, salted water.
- Bring to boil and simmer partially covered for 20 minutes or until
- very tender. Drain. Mash in pot until smooth. Add cream, butter,
- egg yolks, nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste. Mash until smooth and
- fluffy. Keep warm.
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- For filling, heat 1 tb. oil and butter in large skillet over
- medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic and chili flakes; cook 2
- minutes. Add carrot, celery, thyme, salt and pepper to taste; cook 3
- minutes. Set aside in bowl.
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- Add 1 tb. oil to skillet and heat over medium-high heat. Add beef and
- lamb; cook, stirring continuously, until meat is no longer pink.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
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- Discard sprig thyme and any excess fat from pan. Add vegetable
- mixture to meat in pan. Stir in stock and tomato paste. Reduce heat
- and cook covered on low heat 15 minutes, stirring frequently.
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- Meanwhile, in separate small frying pan, heat remaining oil over
- medium-high heat. Add mushrooms; cook 2 minutes until soft. Sprinkle
- mushrooms on to bottom of ovenproof casserole dish, about 8 inches
- square. Pour meat mixture over top, spreading evenly. Place tomato
- slices on meat. Either pipe mashed potatoes over meat mixture using
- piping bag fitted with star tip or spread potatoes over mixture.
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- Bake in preheated 375F oven 25 to 30 minutes until potatoes are
- golden and meat mixture is hot. If potatoes are not golden, place
- under broiler 2 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
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