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Irish Rover's Unicorn Pub Shepherd's Pie Recipe


   
Recipe Categories: Beef Recipes   |   Casseroles
Average Rating: (7 votes)
Yield: 6 servings
 
Ingredients
  2  lb Ground beef, lean  
  1  c Onion; diced  
  1  c Carrots; diced  
  1  c Celery; diced  
  1 1/2  c Corn; fresh or frozen  
  2   Garlic clove; minced  
    Salt; to taste  
    Pepper; to taste  
  1/2  ts Nutmeg  
  8  oz Beef broth  
  2  tb Butter; mixed with  
  2  tb Flour  
  2  lb Potatoes; cooked and mashed  
    Butter  
 
Instructions
 
  1. Cook ground beef in frying pan until brown. Add onion, carrots, celery, garlic, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Lower heat and cook for 10 minutes or until vegetables are wilted. Add beef broth, bring to a boil. Stir in enough of the butter/flour roux to make a thick gravy to bind the filling. Pour into large shallow baking pan and cool. The filling should be about 1-1/2 inches deep.

 
  2. Cover the meat mixture in the pan with the corn and then top with the hot mashed potatoes. smooth potatoes evenly, brush surface with butter. Bake at 325 F for 35-40 minutes.

 
  3. The Irish Rovers, of "Puff the Magic Dragon" and "The Unicorn" fame, own a very successful "Old Country Pub" in Calgary, Alberta. Their Shepherd's Pie is justly famous. Vincent Lee, kitchen manager at the Unicorn says the recipe came directly from Ireland via the Irish Rovers more than 10 years ago.

 
  Calgary Sun, Monday, October 15, 1990

 
 
Reviewed By: Dawn Bilyeu
Tried this recipe out on my family, and it was a huge hit. Not only did my picky 10 yr old have seconds and thirds, but even ate the diced carrots! I didn't have the nutmeg, so I'm not sure what the difference in taste would have been, but this was a delicious recipe! I look forward to making it again over the years.

 


 



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