Since St. Patrick’s Day is right around the corner, enjoy this personal Shepherd's Pie recipe.
Ingredients
1.25lbs of Ground Meat
A head of Cauliflower, Chopped
2 Small Onions, Chopped
3 Carrots, shredded or chopped
12 oz Bag of Frozen Sweet Peas
6 Strips of Bacon, chopped
Salt & Pepper to taste
1 12 oz Porter Beer
1 12 oz Stout Beer
2 Tablespoons of Unsalted Butter
2 Tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
½ Cup of Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
1 teaspoon of Fresh Thyme, Chopped
1 teaspoon of Fresh Rosemary, Chopped
3 Garlic Cloves, minced
½ Cup of Heavy Cream
1 Tablespoon of All Purpose Flour
Instructions
Boil Cauliflower in salted water until tender, about 10 minutes or so. Drain cauliflower and pour them into a food processor or blender until smooth or chunky depending on how you like it. Place into a bowl and add the cream, garlic, rosemary salt, pepper and cheese mix everything together.
While Cauliflower boils, preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil to hot pan and chopped bacon. Cook until its nice and crispy about 8 minutes. when done place them on top of a paper towel on plate to drain access fat. Keep and bacon drippings in the skillet. Now add chopped onions season with salt and pepper. (Tip: Caramelizing faster add ½ teaspoon of sugar). Onions should take about 10 minutes or so. Add meat to caramelized onions and break the meat up and cook for another 5 to 8 minutes. Add carrots, sweet peas and thyme to the meat. Cook veggies with meat 5 minutes, stirring frequently then add beer. Add 1 tablespoon of flour sprinkle it on and stir.
Now you can either serve it or you can place everything into a casserole dish and place it in the broiler on high until you get a nice golden brown on top of the Cauliflower.
Recipe by Honest Cooking at https://honestcooking.com/shepherds-pie-my-way-recipe/