Guinness Shepherd’s Pie

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS FOR MASHED POTATOES

    1–1/2 pounds russet potatoes
    4 tablespoons butter
    1/4 cup half & half milk
    3/4 teaspoon sea salt
    1/4 teaspoon black pepper
    1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

INGREDIENTS FOR MEAT FILLING

    2 tablespoons vegetable oil
    1 cup chopped yellow onion
    2 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
    1–1/2 pounds ground round
    1 teaspoon sea salt
    1/2 teaspoon black pepper
    2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    2 teaspoons tomato paste
    1/2 cup Guinness Irish Beer
    1/2 cup beef broth (or chicken broth)
    2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
    1 teaspoon dried rosemary
    1 teaspoon dried thyme
    2 cups frozen vegetable medley, thawed (corn, peas, carrots, green beans)
    Optional Garnish: sprig of fresh thyme\

Instructions

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MASHED POTATOES

• Wash and peel the potatoes. Cut them in fourths. Place them during a medium pot and canopy with cold water. overboil medium-high heat till fork tender. (Note: whereas the potatoes square measure boiling, prepare the meat filling.) take away potatoes from the boiling water with a slotted spoon. Transfer them to the bowl of a stand mixer.

• at once add unfrozen butter and mash terribly concisely on low speed. bit by bit pour in 0.5 whereas the mixer continues to be on. method concisely. don't over-mix or the potatoes they'll have a mucilaginous texture. Stop the mixer and add salt, pepper and cheese. combine till simply incorporated.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MEAT FILLING

• modify kitchen appliance rack to the middle position. heat kitchen appliance to 350 degrees.

• Heat oil during a saute pan over medium heat. Once the oil sparkles within the pan, add the onion. Saute till golden brown. Add garlic and still saute till perfumed. Add ground spherical, salt and pepper. Cook till beef is totally brown with no a lot of pink. Sprinkle flour on the meat and fold it into the mixture.

• Add within the ingredient, Guinness brewage, beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, rosemary, and thyme. Stir to mix. Bring meat filling to a short boil, then scale back the warmth to low. cowl the saute pan with a lid. Let the mixture simmer for regarding twelve minutes or till the sauce is gently thickened.

ASSEMBLING THE GUINNESS SHEPHERD’S PIE

• Fold the vegetable musical composition into the meat mixture till combined.

• Transfer meat filling to AN eight X 8-inch baking dish. Use a spatula to unfold the mixture equally over all-time low. With a clean spatula, unfold the mashed potatoes over the highest of the meat mixture. round the edges of the dish, check that the potatoes kind a pleasant seal to forestall overflowing whereas baking.

• place baking dish on a baking receptacle lined with parchment paper to catch any overflow. place the Shepherds Pie within the middle of the kitchen appliance to confirm smart heat circulation.

• Bake for twenty five minutes or till the potatoes become gently golden.

• take away the Guinness Shepherds Pie from the kitchen appliance. Transfer to a trivet and permit it to cook for 15-20 minutes before serving. If desired, garnish with a sprig of recent thyme.