It's Saturday and this is the second week we spent the day indoor. Naqeeb is still 'recuperating' .. hahah so we decided not to go anywhere until he is fully recovered. That will be 2-3 days more.... ouch! Can't wait! Hobbit the movie is waiting for me.... huhuhu
Anyway, I was on my lazy mode today and decided to cook something simple for dinner. Actually. not really dinner because it was just only 5.30pm when we had our meal this evening. I made Shepherd's Pie today, so let's see NAH's version of this pie.
Filling:
About 500 gms minced beef (you can use minced lamb if you like)
I added about 100-200gms beef (thinly sliced). Make sure you buy good quality beef, otherwise you will be chewing forever.
4-5 cloves garlic (whole, pounced)
5-6 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1-2 tsp brown sugar
1 beef cube
1-2 tbsp olive oil (to fry garlic)
1 cup water
2 tbsp corn flour - mixed with 3 plain water
salt to taste
** you can add sliced mushrooms and diced carrots
Fry garlic for 1 minute and add the beef. Stir over medium heat to make sure beef are thoroughly cooked.
Add beef cube, water, sauce and continue to stir. Add sugar and salt.
Finally add corn flour mixture and let it simmer until mixture thickened (you can add more, if you like a thicker filling).
Remove from heat and remove garlic cloves from the mixture. Pour mixture in baking dish and set aside.
Top:
5-6 large potatoes, peel off the skin, cut into cubes and boil till soft.
Mash the boiled potatoes and add 3 tbsp butter, 1/3 cup fresh milk. Continue to mash until mixture is soft.
Add salt, ground black pepper and Parmesan cheese. Mash again and pipe the mixture on top of beef filling. You can either pipe the potato or just simply lay one layer of the mashed potato on top of the filling.
Sprinkle with extra Parmesan Cheese and bake for 15-30 minutes until the top (potatoes) browned.
Serve hot.
Anyway, I was on my lazy mode today and decided to cook something simple for dinner. Actually. not really dinner because it was just only 5.30pm when we had our meal this evening. I made Shepherd's Pie today, so let's see NAH's version of this pie.
Filling:
About 500 gms minced beef (you can use minced lamb if you like)
I added about 100-200gms beef (thinly sliced). Make sure you buy good quality beef, otherwise you will be chewing forever.
4-5 cloves garlic (whole, pounced)
5-6 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1-2 tsp brown sugar
1 beef cube
1-2 tbsp olive oil (to fry garlic)
1 cup water
2 tbsp corn flour - mixed with 3 plain water
salt to taste
** you can add sliced mushrooms and diced carrots
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| I like it thicker - it's easier to scoop it off from the baking dish |
Add beef cube, water, sauce and continue to stir. Add sugar and salt.
Finally add corn flour mixture and let it simmer until mixture thickened (you can add more, if you like a thicker filling).
Remove from heat and remove garlic cloves from the mixture. Pour mixture in baking dish and set aside.
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| Mashed potato |
5-6 large potatoes, peel off the skin, cut into cubes and boil till soft.
Mash the boiled potatoes and add 3 tbsp butter, 1/3 cup fresh milk. Continue to mash until mixture is soft.
Add salt, ground black pepper and Parmesan cheese. Mash again and pipe the mixture on top of beef filling. You can either pipe the potato or just simply lay one layer of the mashed potato on top of the filling.
Sprinkle with extra Parmesan Cheese and bake for 15-30 minutes until the top (potatoes) browned.
Serve hot.
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| Ready to be piped |
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| You can pipe the potato or just put one layer on top of the filling |
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| Done with piping, ready to go into oven |
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| Enjoy the pie!! |
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~Anna: misspsychobabble.blogspot.com