FOODIE FRIDAY – (enjoy a new recipe to try this weekend!)
It’s that time again! Ground meat, gravy and garlicy mashed potato. Delicious! And I just read that
shepherd’s pie is made with lamp and cottage pie with beef. So really this is cottage pie!
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon savory
- 2 cups beef stock (my original recipe called for consomme)
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 cup finely diced carrot
- 1/2 cup peas
- 1/2 cup corn
Brown ground beef,drain fat. Add onions& garlic,cook until softened. Stir in flour,salt,pepper,thyme& savory. Add stock,worcestershire,bay leaf,& carrots. Cover loosely and simmer, stirring occasionally for 20 minutes or until quite thick and carrots are tender. Stir in corn. Add salt to taste, remove bay leaf. Spread in 11×7 baking dish,let cool slightly. For the topping: In boiling salted water,cook potatoes with garlic until tender. Drain well and mash,beat in milk,salt& pepper. Reserve 1 tbsp beaten egg,beat remainder into potatoes. Spread over meat mixture (easiest if you start from edges). Brush with reserved egg.(I sometimes sprinkle a little parmesan & parsley over top too).
Laugh, Learn, and Liven up your Taste Buds!
Beth – This is the perfect type of food for the weather we’re having today!
Yes it is. It’s really windy and brrrrrr. Glad I’m not going to the parade today!