Laura O'connell's Beef And Bacon Shepherd's Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 large onion, finely diced
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 320 g bacon, diced
• 2 carrots, grated
• 1 large potato, grated
• salt & pepper, to taste
• mixed herbs, to taste
• parsley, to taste
• tasty cheese, grated
• 1 -1 1/2 cup water
• 1 kg minced beef
• 1 cube of beef stock melted with hot water
• worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons cornflour
• 1/2 cup water, mix together
• 6 large potatoes
• 200 ml of cream & 100ml milk
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine

Recipe

• 1 the beef & bacon.
• 2 sauté the onion and garlic on a low heat until cooked.
• 3 add bacon and fry (turn up to a medium heat to lightly cook bacon),.
• 4 remove all ingredients from the pan,.
• 5 add the mince to the empty pan; cook until browned and liquid has reduced.
• 6 add the onion, garlic and diced bacon into the pan with the mince. add the grated carrot, grated potato, mixed herbs, parsley, beef stock with worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.
• 7 add water; mix well and then cook on low heat until liquid has reduced by half.
• 8 add cornflour and water until sauce thickens. remove from pan and cool.
• 9 the potato mash: cook potatoes and heat milk. mash all together when potatoes are cooked and nearly falling apart.
• 10 the pie:.
• 11 grease a large semi deep (about 10 - 12 cm deep) baking tray and line with puff pastry . place beef and bacon mixture (once cool) in tray lined with pastry.
• 12 cook in oven on 180°c until pastry is lightly browned. remove from oven.
• 13 place the potato mash over the mince; smooth out and sprinkle with grated tasty cheese to satisfaction.
• 14 heat oven to 220°c place on middle shelf and bake for approximately 20 - 30 minutes.
• 15 allow to sit for 5 minutes and then it's ready to be portioned, served and enjoyed.