Shepherds Pie (eurasian Style)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil
• 1 1/2 lbs minced beef
• 1 cup big yellow onion, diced
• 3/4 cup carrot, diced
• 1 cup green peas (put in last)
• 1 beef stock cube
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon cornflour, for thickening
• 1 dash pepper
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 1/2 lbs potatoes, boiled and peeled
• 1/4 lb butter
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon heavy cream
• 1 egg
• 1 dash cheese
• salt & pepper

Recipe

• 1 for the beef filling, heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan. fry the beef, onion, carrots, beef stock, thyme, tomato paste, pepper and 1/4 water with cornflour until fairly thick but not dry. put peas in till cooked. dish into a pyrex container and keep cool.
• 2 for the mash potato topping, boil potatoes until cooked. remove skin and mash with butter, egg, mayonnaise, cream, pepper, salt and seasoning. mash until creamy (do not blend).
• 3 pipe on top of cooked beef and sprinkle with cheese on top and grill for 5 to 10 minutes until top is golden brown. serve.
• 4 •the above recipe can serve 5 to 6 persons. for 2 you can just cut the recipe in half and for the mash potatoes, you don't have to be exact--just adjust how thick you want the potato topping to be or if you want more beef than potato.