Mummy Boome's Traditional Shepherds Pie

Danny Boome, Ltd 2008

Show: Rescue ChefEpisode: Weeknight Family Meal

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Cook Time:
1 hr 10 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 servings

Times:

Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 10 min
Total:: 1 hr 35 min

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, diced
2 carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 pounds lean ground beef or lamb
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup beef stock
1 1/2 cups garden peas
Cheesy Mashed Potatoes, recipe follows

Directions

Preheat oven at 400 degrees F.

Add butter and oil to a large skillet on medium heat. Saute onions, carrots, celery and garlic until tender for about 7 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Once the vegetables have softened and start to brown a little add the tomato paste and mix evenly. Add the ground beef and cook until beef is no longer pink about 10 minutes. Add the Worcestershire sauce and beef stock. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook and simmer for another 10 minutes. Mix in peas. Transfer mixture to an oven-proof baking dish and spread evenly. Place potato on top of ground beef mixture and spread out evenly, once the top surface has been covered, rake through with a fork so that there are peaks that will brown nicely. Place the dish into the preheated oven and cook until browned about 20 minutes. Spoon out the shepherd's pie and serve.

Mashed Potatoes
4 pounds Yukon gold potatoes, peeled, quartered
4 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 cup grated mature white Cheddar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Fill a large saucepan with cold water and a tablespoon of salt. Add potatoes to the water and bring to a boil. Let potatoes cook until soft about 20 minutes. Once the potatoes are at a desired density, drain the potatoes and place them back into the saucepan for mashing. Add butter and cream and begin to mash potatoes into a semi smooth consistency. Once at desired texture add cheese and mix well. Season with salt and pepper.

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recipe Mummy Boome's Traditional Shepherds Pie
Chris East Troy, WI 01-23-2010
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Wonderful!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Thanks for sharing this terrific recipe! Flavorful, filling, mighty fine! In preparing same for dinner this evening my... wife made a couple of changes worth mentioning -- ? Along with Worcestershire Sauce, add 2 T French Onion Soup Mix ? Substitute Ground Round for Ground BeefRead more
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Kelly Wolcott, CT 01-19-2010
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Almost but not so traditional!!!!
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

Please take no offense to this but, I am first generation Irish. My mother never used ground anything for her totally... traditional dish. She was born there, came here at the age of 16. We still have a real lot of family there. This is almost correct because of the lamb, but it was not ground. My Mom used stew beef cooked for a real long time. She then made a gravy. Put the meat and gravy together in a pan w/ veggies usually what she had on hand. Most of the time it was peas, carrots, corn, broccoli. If she felt like putting other veggies that was okay too. She covered with potatoes, leaving a hole in the middle, and baked til bubbly. The pan was always round.Read more
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Amanda Mobile, AL 01-11-2010
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A good master recipe
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I made this for the first time tonight. Like many other reviewers, as I tasted it, I thought it was turning out a little... bland. So I added red wine, more worcsteshire sauce, garlic powder, etc. All in all, I probably used 1.5 cups beef stock and 1.5 cups red wine, and let the mixture simmer a total of about 30 minutes to concentrate the flavor. One personal preference: I thought the tomato paste plus the carrots and peas was turning it a little sweet. I didn't want to add more tomato so that it wouldn't become too much like spaghetti sauce. Next time, I think I might use onions, garlic, mushrooms and peas as my veggie mix, and leave out the carrots, tomato and celery. That is the beauty of this recipe - it gives you the right proportions and you can adjust it any way you want. The mashed potatoes were a little dry using the quantity of cream so I added more to taste (and was using half and half instead). My store didn't have white cheddar, so I bought yellow, and mixed about a cup into the potatoes, and sprinkled more on top before baking. I know it sounds like I'm criticizing but it really is a nice recipe - easy and adaptable. My total prep time was closer to an hour - all the dicing and chopping took about 20 minutes then added time to brown the meat and simmer it all with the flavors. One final note - I had ground chuck on hand, which is about 80% lean. Therefore, I browned it separately from the veggies since it puts out so much water. After it cooked all the way through I drained it then stirred in the caramalized veggies. If you have really lean meat, you shouldn't have to do this extra step. Read more
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ANGELA BALTIMORE, MD 01-04-2010
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Very good taste!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This recipe was excellent. I have tried other shepherd's pie recipes in the past, but this had the most flavor of any of the... meats that I have tried.Read more
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Susannah kittery point, ME 12-18-2009
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wonderful
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I'm just venturing out into the world of cooking. this was very easy to make. i tend to always stick to the recipe the... first time i make something new. next time i think i will try to add thyme or rosemary. but it seems like an easy recipe to adjust. Read more
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Jana Winnetka, CA 12-09-2009
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I love this receipe!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is a great receipe. I leave out the tomato paste and I use instant mashed potatos and sometimes I add corn. Everyone... loves it and it is pefect for a cold night. I agree woth others that one of the great things about it is that you can change it and not ruin it. My nephew is a picky eater and he begs me to make this.Read more