Simple Cooking

Shepherd’s Pie

I never in my life had Shepherd’s pie until 2 years ago.   I was recently married and at Christian’s parents house.  His mom made Shepherd’s Pie.  I normally am not a fan of my food touching, so you would assume I would hate Shepherd’s Pie (since it is just food all mixed together), but I loved it.  A  few weeks later, I began to look online for Shepherd’s Pie recipes and found one on Cooks.com that looked interesting. One of the ingredients in that recipe was actually sugar.  I love anything with sugar, but sugar with meat in potatoes was a new idea.  A new idea that I couldn’t wait to try!  I adapted the recipe to make it my own and have made it ever since.  This dish is slightly sweet but not overpowering.  It still has the classic meat and potatoes taste with a twist.   We all know that the best recipes have a twist to them!

Ingredients:

6 medium red potatoes                                                          

milk to taste

butter to taste

1 lb ground beef

1 can sweet peas (drained)

1 can whole kernel sweet corn (drained)

1/3 cup of sugar

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Boil potatoes until tender (about 20 minutes).  Meanwhile, brown ground beef  in separate pot and drain.  Add the sugar, peas and corn to the meat and cook until heated through.  Pour meat and veggie mixture in bottom of 9 X 13 casserole dish.  Mash potatoes and add milk and butter until you reach the right consistency.   Put mashed potatoes over meat and veggies and cover with cheese.  Broil in oven until cheese melts (about 3-5 minutes).