Name: Guinness Shepard's Pie Topped with Yukon Gold Mashed Potates with Horseradish
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 80 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Guinness; 3 carrots (medium sized. Peeled and diced); 1 leek (Large, washed well and thinly sliced); 2 parsnips (Large - Peeled and diced); 1 1/2 cups peas (thaw if using frozen); 1 bunch fresh rosemary (finely minced); 1 1/2 pounds ground beef (you can also use lamb, turkey, leftover steak. Whatever your preference is); 3/4 cup low sodium beef broth; 1 tbsp flour; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp pepper; 1 cup extra sharp Cheddar cheese; 2 cups Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes with Horseradish (please see link for full recipe)

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Even though I’m from good Irish/English/Scottish/Welsh stock, I never loved Guinness. I would daintily wrinkle my nose and decline. Until…

Magilla and I took a trip to Scotland and Ireland in 2015 for our honeymoon. The first leg of our trip was in Ireland and we spent a couple of days in Dublin. We took a tour of the Guinness Storehouse and this was the definitive moment that I became a fan of this nectar. If you have ever seen the movie Pink Panther with Steve Martin, refer to the scene in which he first has a hamburger and you’ll get the gist of that particular moment.

I drank my glass and Magilla’s glass and I don’t think he was entirely proud of me since it technically wasn’t even 11AM. I made the excuse that the time change from New Jersey to Ireland must be a factor and it was five o’clock somewhere. Therefore my new found and profound fondness of said beverage was justified as an afternoon aperitif. He informed me that I wasn’t very good at the math calculation of time zones; so unless I drank beer for breakfast at home my argument didn’t hold water. In truth I was totally jetlagged and couldn’t think my way out of a paper bag. So, FAIR COMMENT DEAR HUSBAND!

Bless his indulgent, sweet heart.

Guinness Shepard's Pie Topped with Yukon Gold Mashed Potates with Horseradish

Shepard's Pie with a twist.

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Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Irish

Keyword: basking ridge, bernardsville, carrots, chick peas, Guinness, horseradish, mascarpone, mashed potatoes, morris county, morrisotwn, somerset county, somerville

Servings:

Calories: 410kcal

Ingredients

1 cup Guinness
3 carrots medium sized. Peeled and diced
1 leek Large, washed well and thinly sliced
2 parsnips Large - Peeled and diced
1 1/2 cups peas thaw if using frozen
1 bunch fresh rosemary finely minced
1 1/2 pounds ground beef you can also use lamb, turkey, leftover steak. Whatever your preference is
3/4 cup low sodium beef broth
1 tbsp flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 cup extra sharp Cheddar cheese
2 cups Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes with Horseradish please see link for full recipe

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Instructions

Prepare the vegetables and herbs
Brown the meat. Add salt and pepper to taste as you cook. In kitchen matters, I often how would Julia handle this? What would Julia do? Julia would taste along the way
Preheat oven to 375°
Remove the meat once fully browned and throw in the carrots and the parsnips. Cook on medium heat for about 10 minutes until softened
Add the leeks and the rosemary and salt and pepper. Cook for another five minutes
Add the thawed peas, and then the beef broth and cook down for five to eight minutes
Add the flour and stir briskly until it coats and incorporates into the mixture
Add the beef and blend completely. Sprinkle some more flour on top and mix down. A nice gravy should start forming in the bottom of the pan
Put into a large greased (I use vegetable oil cooking spray) baking dish and top with the mashed potatoes
Bake for 30 minutes at 375°. Top with cheddar and bake for another 10 minutes
Let sit for 10 minutes before serving