Meatball Shepherd's Pie

Name: Meatball Shepherd's Pie
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: European, Irish
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps butter; 118 milliliters cream cheese, at room temperature; 2 Tbsps Dijon mustard; 1 large egg; 118 milliliters About fat-skimmed beef broth; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 680 grams ground lean beef (see notes); 71 grams 1/2 cup shredded Gruyère, Swiss, or parmesan cheese (about; 118 milliliters finely chopped parsley; 0 teaspoons About pepper; 1 liters packed peeled hot cooked potatoes (see notes); 1 teaspoons About salt; 118 milliliters dry sherry, dry white wine, or more fat-skimmed beef broth

Meatball Shepherd's Pie might be just the Scottish recipe you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 37g of protein, 20g of fat, and a total of 463 calories. For $2.62 per serving, you get a main course that serves 6. Head to the store and pick up flour, egg, dijon mustard, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a bowl, combine ground beef, parsley, mustard, flour, egg, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and 1/2 cup beef broth. Blend well with a fork.

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Ground Beef

Beef Broth

Mustard

Parsley

Pepper

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Egg

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Bowl

In a 4- to 5-quart pan over high heat, bring brown onion gravy to a boil; add sherry and reduce heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Quickly shape beef mixture into 1-inch balls and drop into gravy. When all are in, cover and simmer until meatballs are no longer pink in the center (cut to test), 10 to 12 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer meatballs (some of the onions will come too) to a bowl.

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Onion

Meatballs

Sherry

Gravy

Beef

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Slotted Spoon

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Frying Pan

Boil gravy over high heat, stirring often, until reduced to about 2 cups, 10 to 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Gravy

Remove from heat and return meatballs and any accumulated juice to gravy; mix gently.

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Meatballs

Gravy

Juice

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, with a mixer or potato masher, mash potatoes with 2 to 3 tablespoons butter and the cream cheese until smooth. If desired, add just enough beef broth to moisten potatoes to be able to squeeze them through a pastry bag. Beat in the Gruyre cheese and add salt and pepper to taste.

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Salt And Pepper

Cream Cheese

Beef Broth

Potato

Butter

Cheese

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Potato Masher

Pastry Bag

Blender

Bowl

Butter a shallow 3 1/2- to 4-quart casserole.

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Butter

Spread two-thirds of the potato mixture evenly over bottom and up sides. Spoon meatball-gravy mixture into the center. Spoon remaining potato mixture decoratively around edge of meatball mixture, or spoon it into a pastry bag with a 1-inch star or round tip and pipe around the edge.

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Meatballs

Potato

Spread

Gravy

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Pastry Bag

Bake pie in a 400 oven until gravy is bubbling and potatoes are browned, 30 to 35 minutes.

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Potato

Gravy

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Oven

Brown onion gravy: Peel and finely chop 2 onions (8 oz. each). In a 4- to 5-quart pan over medium-high heat, stir onions in 2 tablespoons butter until richly browned, 13 to 15 minutes.

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Onion

Butter

Gravy

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Frying Pan

Add 2 teaspoons sugar and stir for 2 minutes.

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Sugar