Shepherds Pie (Eurasian Style)
"This is my mom's recipe. It's delicious. A great holiday recipe. She was actually mad at me for posting a famous family recipe. But I think something this good should be enjoyed by everyone. :)"
photo by MalaysianChef
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 18
- Serves:
-
5-6
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 1 1⁄2 lbs minced beef
- 1 cup big yellow onion, diced
- 3⁄4 cup carrot, diced
- 1 cup green peas (put in last)
- 1 beef stock cube
- 1⁄2 teaspoon thyme
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon cornflour, for thickening
- 1 dash pepper
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 1 1⁄2 lbs potatoes, boiled and peeled
- 1⁄4 lb butter
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon heavy cream
- 1 egg
- 1 dash cheese
- salt & pepper
directions
- For the beef filling, heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan. Fry the beef, onion, carrots, beef stock, thyme, tomato paste, pepper and 1/4 water with cornflour until fairly thick but not dry. Put peas in till cooked. Dish into a Pyrex container and keep cool.
- For the mash potato topping, boil potatoes until cooked. Remove skin and mash with butter, egg, mayonnaise, cream, pepper, salt and seasoning. Mash until creamy (do not blend).
- Pipe on top of cooked beef and sprinkle with cheese on top and grill for 5 to 10 minutes until top is golden brown. Serve.
- •The above recipe can serve 5 to 6 persons. For 2 you can just cut the recipe in half and for the mash potatoes, you don't have to be exact--just adjust how thick you want the potato topping to be or if you want more beef than potato.
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Reviews
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Unbelievable! Tastes almost like my mothers shepherds pie! but I made the mistake by using extra lean ground beef, came out a little chewy. but other than that the pie tastes great!! thanks for the recipe. will be looking trough more of your recipes! -
Really enjoyed this. Made it for the second time today. I don't know about everyone else but I used only 1 pound of ground beef and put a little extra tomato paste in. Also, I had no heavy cream so I just used milk in the potatoes. I am sure the cream would make it taste better, but it tastes great the way we made it. Also I used just a drained can of canned peas. I usually hate canned peas but it tastes great in this dish. I think this is one of those "hard to mess up" dishes. -
This was REALLY good, even with a few not-so-great substitutions--instant mashed potatoes w/ onion/garlic instead of real, rosemary instead of thyme... This made a really filling and hearty meal, and it earned good reviews from my family!
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I grew up in malaysia for 24 years. Now residing in Orlando florida. I love to cook. everybody calls me a cookaholic. I have many Malaysian authentic recipes passed down from my mother who is a great cook!. Hope you will enhjoy them!
