CHEF JOSKO
| Bread Bowl Cottage Pie |
| English Cottage Pie |
English Cottage Pie in a Bread Bowl
Ingredients:
2 medium sized Shepherd Bread loaves, Sour Dough
works well also.
6 cups Mashed Potatoes (recipe follows)
2 cups Brown Sauce (recipe follows)
1½ lbs. Ground BEEF
½ Onion
Salt and pepper
Butter
3 cups Dubliner cheese grated (can sub Cheddar)
12 oz bag Peas & Carrots (frozen not canned) cooked
Mashed Potatoes:
2-3 pounds Red Potatos
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 to 1 cup milk
Salt and white pepper to taste
Peel potatoes and cut into 2-inch pieces. In a large heavy saucepan simmer
potatoes in salted water to cover by 1 inch 10 minutes, or until tender, and
drain in a colander. In pan or bowl combine potatoes, butter, and 3/4-cup milk.
With a potato masher or blender mash potatoes until just smooth, adding more
milk and butter if necessary to make a creamy but not pasty potato. *Over
cooking and blending your potatoes will make them too starchy. Season with
salt and pepper and set aside.
Brown Sauce:
3 shallots or scallions, finely chopped
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup red wine
2 Tbs HP Sauce or A1 Steak sauce
1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
1 Tsp. Fresh Tarragon leaves finely chopped
½ Tsp. Thyme
Salt, pepper
Flour about 2 Tbs
Sauté chopped shallots or scallions in butter. Gradually add the wine,
Worcestershire and HP Sauce. Let it come to a boil and add the seasonings.
Cook down for a few minutes. Add Flour to thicken to taste. Let simmer for a
few minutes and strain. Set aside.
Ground Beef:
Finely chop ½ an onion. Sauté in 2 Tbsp. butter. Add ground meat and cook.
Drain liquids. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
Vegetables:
Mix prepared vegetables together.
Preparations
Divide all ingredients for two shepherd pies. Cut top of Shepherds Bread and
scoop out insides. Starting with mashed potatoes layer your ingredients, always
adding cheese and sauce after each layer. Repeat process until you end with
mashed potatoes on top. Potatoes can be piped on for a decorative finish but it
is not necessary. Bake Shepherds Pie in a pre-heated 375° oven for 20 minutes.
If potatoes start to brown too quickly loosely cover with foil.
