Shepherd's Pie

Aloha everyone!

I must apologize for the long silence. TheLoyalFan and I got back home about a month ago and we had to do some errands and adjustments back to the Malaysian lifestyle. Now that we're settling in, it is time to try new recipes again! This time, the location is back in KL... weee!

Shepherd's pie is something really English - *with English accent* typical English I must say. So here goes:

First, chop up some onions, carrots and celery. Then stir fry the onion with some cooking oil in a pan for about 2 minutes or until it is fragrant. Next, pour in a packet of mince beef and mix well. Season the mince with herbs, salt and pepper. When the mince is almost 90% cooked, pour in the chopped carrots, celery and a can of tomato puree. Season it with some sugar to counter the sourness of the tomatoes. Give it a good stir and let it simmer until the vegetables are soften. I made mine moderately soft because TheLoyalFan likes them crunchy ^_^

While waiting for the meat and veggies to be cooked thoroughly, you can start preparing your mash potatoes. Basically, just clean and cut them into chunky bits and boil them for about 10 minutes or until it is soft. Then drain the water and mash the potatoes!!! Remember to season them with butter and milk... it will be oh-so-delicious and fluffy!

Here comes the fun part - assembly time! (It is not the usual Monday assembly school time, folks : P)

Using a casserole dish, pour in the mince beef and flatten it out. Once that is done, pour the mash to cover the meat. Oh yes, before you do this, remember to heat up the oven at 190⁰c or gas mark 5. Decorate your mash with either some pepper seasoning or with twigs of rosemary. Place in the oven for 25 minutes or until the mash has become golden brown.

Et voila!

I think the preparation was quite easy. With some help from TheLoyalFan and CuteFuzzyBear, we managed to cook this really fast. The mash complements really well with the meat... Ooh La La!  One thing to note though, my meat mixture was a little wet. Perhaps the next round I will need to drain the sauce away.

TheLoyalFan says: 'The creamy mash matched the meaty filling very well! I had trouble stopping myself...'

Yum yum yum!!! I have to agree with TheLoyalFan... I had trouble too : P

Happy Weekend everyone! I am loving the weekends >_<