Leftovers and Shepherd's Pie
We had a nice BBQ the other day and D made his own burgers. It was a beautiful mix of meat and spices, done perfectly and served on my homemade buns. Yum. D BBQ'd a crazy amount though, which is good I guess because then we have leftovers. Boy, do we have leftovers. What do I do with all the leftovers? I ponder... chili, salisbury steak, stew... I can't decide.
However, I had potato in the cupboard and earlier in the day I had ridden off to one of the local Farmer's Markets and picked up a dozen ears of corn. This is just about perfect corn time and at our house it's sacred. We eat it for meals all by itself, boiled perfectly (just a few minutes in boiling, salted water) and with copious amounts of butter - is there any other way? I also cut some fresh off the cob and freeze bags of kernels for the winter months. Beautiful fresh corn in the middle of winter. That was it, I had to use some corn.
What ended up happening? I made a Shepherd's Pie of course! Once the ingredients were in front of me it all made sense.
Leftover Shepherd's Pie
serves 4 - 6
Meat mixture
1/2 an onion, diced small
1 rib of celery, diced
3 cups of mushrooms, sliced
1 cup green beans, cut in half
2 cups of spinach, diced
4 - 5 leftover, cooked burgers (1 1/2 lbs ground meat), chopped small
2 - 3 cups of beef broth
couple of pinches of salt
spices to taste (I added some cinnamon, parsley, nutmeg, rosemary)
3 tbsp sugar
1 tsp cayenne (optional)
1/3 cup cornstarch made into a paste
2 cobs of corn (kernels cut off the cob)
Potato mixture
5 medium sized potato's cut up for mashing
1 - 2 cloves garlic
1/3 cup butter
1/4 cup milk or cream
cheese for sprinkling
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
In a large pot of water boil the potato's and garlic cloves until they are soft and mashable.
In another pot (preferably oven proof so that you don't have to dirty an extra pot) saute the vegetables in some oil until they are soft - about 5 minutes. Add in the chopped burgers. Season with the spices, salt and sugar. Add in the broth and let the mixture come to a simmer. Add in the corn starch paste, make sure to add just enough to notice that it's thickening up. Check the taste and adjust as necessary.
Drain the potato and add the butter and milk. Mash the potato. Place the corn kernels on top of the meat mixture. Spoon the potato over the corn. Smooth out the potato and sprinkle with cheese. Bake the mixture for about 25 minutes or until bubbly. Let it set for about 10 minutes once it's out of the oven. Serve.
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- Wanda Thorne
- St Michael's Choir School is celebrating it's 75th anniversary year of service to St Michael's Cathedral. Part of the school celebration is a trip to Italy where our boys from Grades 5 - 12 will be performing and celebrating Mass. This blog will be chronicling our adventures. Wanda Thorne is the Vocal Coach at St Michael's Choir School. Gerard Lewis is the Grade 7/8 Homeroom teacher at the Choir School.
About Me
- Wanda Thorne
- St Michael's Choir School is celebrating it's 75th anniversary year of service to St Michael's Cathedral. Part of the school celebration is a trip to Italy where our boys from Grades 5 - 12 will be performing and celebrating Mass. This blog will be chronicling our adventures. Wanda Thorne is the Vocal Coach at St Michael's Choir School. Gerard Lewis is the Grade 7/8 Homeroom teacher at the Choir School.
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