Shepherd's Pie

Name: Shepherd's Pie
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 lbs Potatoes; 1 stick Butter; 1 cup milk; 2 lbs Ground Chuck 80/20; 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive oil; Garlic salt; Granulated garlic; Ground black pepper; 1/4 cup Rosemary leaves; 1 lb pkg frozen peas

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.

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Ingredients

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

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Steps

1

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

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

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

Take photo. Serve and enjoy.