Shepherd's Poy

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 cup diced onion
• 1 cup diced carrot
• 1 cup diced celery
• 1 1/2 cups corn kernels
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• salt and pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 8 fluid ounces low sodium beef broth
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, mixed with
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 lbs potatoes, cooked and mashed
• additional unsalted butter

Recipe

• 1 brown the ground beef in a frying pan.
• 2 add the onions, carrots, celery, garlic, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
• 3 lower the heat and cook for about 10 minutes until the vegetables are wilted.
• 4 add the beef broth and bring to a boil.
• 5 stir in enough of the butter/flour roux to make thick gravy to bind the filling.
• 6 pour into large shallow baking pan and cool.
• 7 the filling should be about 1½ inches deep.
• 8 cover the meat mixture in the pan with the corn and then top with the hot mashed potatoes.
• 9 spread the potatoes evenly and brush the surface with butter.
• 10 bake at 325°f for 35-40 minutes.