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Since The Café is celebrating St. Patrick's Day this week with Irish recipes, I thought it would be fun to take a little tour of the land which has inspired all these delightful dishes and I knew just the person to help me...........
Ingredients for the potatoes:
1 lb yukon gold potatoes
¼ cup milk
2 tablespoons butter
½ teaspoon sea salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
2 carrots, peeled and diced small
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 lb lean ground beef, turkey or lamb
1 heaping tablespoon flour
2 teaspoons tomato paste
1 cup chicken or beef stock
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons freshly chopped rosemary
1 teaspoons freshly chopped thyme
½ cup frozen corn kernels
1 cup frozen English peas
Directions:
1. Peel the potatoes and cut into a large dice. Cook in a medium pot of boiling water for 10- 15 minutes or until tender and easily crushed. Drain potatoes in a colander and return to pot. Add in milk, butter, salt and pepper and mash with a potato masher until smooth. Check for seasonings and then add yolk and stir until well combined.
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
3. Heat oil in a large saute pan over medium high heat. Add the carrots and onions and saute until the begin to soften and start to take color, about 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic. Add the beef and season with salt and pepper and cook until browned and cooked through about 4-5 minutes. Sprinkle the meat with the flour and stir to coat, cook for another minute. Add tomato paste, chicken broth, Worcestershire, rosemary, thyme and stir to combine. Bring to a boil and reduce to low, cover and simmer lightly 10-12 minutes until the sauce is slightly thickened.
4. Add the corn and peas to the beef mixture and check the seasonings adding more salt and pepper if necessary. Spread the mixture into a 11x7 baking dish or pie plate. Top with the mashed potatoes. Create a seal around the edges using a rubber spatula to prevent the mixture from bubbling over.
5. Bake for 25 minutes or until the potatoes begin to brown. Let sit for 15 minutes before serving.
Adapted from Alton Brown
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