Shepherd's Pie

1953kenny
1953kenny @kennyp
Texas, United States

My family loves this version since I started making it 30 years ago. I didn't like the traditional version because I thought it was too starchy and needed a green vegetable. So I used frozen peas for the snap in each bite. Also changed spices to meat for a nice clean taste.

Shepherd's Pie

My family loves this version since I started making it 30 years ago. I didn't like the traditional version because I thought it was too starchy and needed a green vegetable. So I used frozen peas for the snap in each bite. Also changed spices to meat for a nice clean taste.

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Ingredients

  1. 5 lbsPotatoes
  2. 1 stickButter
  3. 1 cupmilk
  4. 2 lbsGround Chuck 80/20
  5. 1/4 cupExtra Virgin Olive oil
  6. Garlic salt
  7. Granulated garlic
  8. Ground black pepper
  9. 1/4 cupRosemary leaves
  10. 1 lbpkg frozen peas

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Peel and cut potatoes and boil in large pot of salted water. Boil until potatoes are tender (about 20 minutes).

  2. 2

    Drain potatoes. Add butter, milk, salt, and pepper to taste. Mash potatoes until creamy. Add more or less milk to get consistency desired. Set potatoes aside.

  3. 3

    While potatoes are cooking place ground meat in hot skillet on stove. Add olive oil for both flavor and cooking benefit. Salt and pepper to taste. Add garlic salt and granulated garlic to taste. As meat turns brown add rosemary leaves. Let this simmer for a few minutes as you cook peas.

  4. 4

    Place peas in microwaveable dish with 1/4 cup water. Cover and cook for 5 minutes in microwave.

  5. 5

    Assembly. Place mashed potatoes on large platter. With spoon scoop out large hole in center. Place peas in this hole. Drain meat completely. Now add meat to top of peas.

  6. 6

    Take photo. Serve and enjoy.

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heavyspec46
heavyspec46 @Heavyspec56
That looks good! It makes me hungry just looking at it!

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