Sunday, September 30, 2018

SHEPHERDS PIE

PALEO SHEPHERDS PIE

First, double it.  It's REALLY good and you will want more AND this means you have dinner for the next night which is always a great idea.

This is my version adapted from Elana's Pantry, all her recipes are really good. (her photo right) my didn't last long enough to take a photo:) link to her exact recipe here https://elanaspantry.com/paleo-shepherds-pie/

The neat thing about this dish is you can make it from bits and piece you probably have on hand.  

AND, you can make it in one pot and put in the oven in the same pot so less cleaning up.  Use the widest big soup pot, I have a 8 1/2 qt Caphalon pot that if I could only have one pot, this would be it.

Serves:4-6

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1  large onion, diced
1 pound turkey or pork bacon, cut into ½-inch slices
2 cups diced carrots and  2 cups diced celery OR(I chopped a bag of mixed cauliflower, carrots and broccoli mix)
1 pound ground beef  OR ( I used two big cheddar and onion hamburger patties I had on hand from Vons)
½ teaspoon sea salt 
1 teaspoon pepper 
½ teaspoon smoked paprika
1 cup chicken stock
 2  packages rice cauliflower from Trader Joes OR large heads cauliflower, trimmed, chopped and steamed until very soft  OR you can use traditional mashed potatoes
2 tablespoons olive oil

Instructions
1  Heat olive oil in and sauté onion for 15 minutes until soft
2  Add bacon pieces to pan and sauté until cooked, about 10 minutes
3  Add diced veggies to pan and sauté in bacon fat for 10 minutes until soft
4  Add ground beef to pan and sauté until brown, just a few minutes
5  Season with salt, pepper and smoked paprika
6  Add chicken broth and cook down broth until evaporated by half
7  Place steamed cauliflower in food processor and puree with olive oil until smooth OR(microwave rice cauliflower, add 2 T olive oil, salt and a handful of cheddar cheese)
8  Pour ground beef mixture into a 9 x 13 inch baking dish  OR use pan you cooked everything in
9  Pour mashed cauliflower over beef mixture   Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes