Shephard's Pie
Ingredients:
3 Tbsp Butter
1 ½ lbs Ground meat (lamb, beef, turkey, pork, chicken or any game meat)(you can even use pulled chicken from a rotisserie chicken)
2 ½ Tbsp Spice Union French Chef's Blend, Wild Game Seasoning, Grilln’ & Roastn’ Spice
1 ½ C Fresh onion- small diced
¾ C Carrot- small diced
¾ C Peas- fresh or frozen
2 ½ C Chicken stock
3 Tbsp All-purpose flour
5 C Your favorite mashed potato recipe
3 each Egg yolks
1 C Monterey Jack cheese- shredded
½ C Freshly grated Parmesan cheese
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Preheat the oven to 350°F.
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Preheat a large sauté pan over medium high heat.
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Add the butter to the sauté pan and once the butter stops foaming, add the ground meat.
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Cook the ground meat until nicely browned.
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Add the onion and carrot to the sauté pan and over medium heat until the onion is translucent.
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Add the Spice Union spice blend of your choice and stir to combine.
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Add the flour to the sauté pan and stir until all the flour is incorporated into the butter.
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Add the chicken stock to the sauté pan and lower the heat to medium low.
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Continue to cook the contents of the sauté pan, stirring every 2 minutes until it comes to a boil.
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Lower the heat to a simmer and cook for an additional 10 minutes and remove from the stove.
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Add the peas to the sauté pan and combine.
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To your favorite mashed potato recipe, add the egg yolks, Monterey cheese and Parmesan cheese. Fold together until evenly combined.
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Place the contents of the sauté pan into a greased baking dish.
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Spread the mashed potato mixture over the top of the baking dish to cover the entire contents of the dish.
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Place the baking dish on a sheet pan and place into the oven. Bake for 45 minutes or until the mashed potato topping gets a little brown.
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Remove from the oven and let sit for 10 minutes before serving.