Thursday, November 27, 2008

A feeling for Sheperd's Pie ^^

Easy Shepherd's Pie

Shepherd's Pie is an English dish, traditionally made with lamb or mutton. Americans typically make Shepherd's Pie with beef. The English (and Australians and New Zealanders) call the beef dish a "cottage pie". Naming conventions aside, Shepherd's Pie is essentially a casserole, lined with cooked meat and vegetables, topped with mashed potatoes, and baked.




Easy Shepherd's Pie Recipe
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 lbs ground round beef
1 onion chopped
1-2 cups vegetables - chopped carrots, corn, peas
1 1/2 - 2 lbs potatoes (3 big ones)
8 tablespoons butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup beef broth
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Salt, pepper, other seasonings of choice


METHOD
1 Peel and quarter potatoes, boil in salted water until tender (about 20 minutes).


2 While the potatoes are cooking, melt 4 Tablespoons butter (1/2 a stick) in large frying pan.


3 Sauté onions in butter until tender over medium heat (10 mins). If you are adding vegetables, add them according to cooking time. Put any carrots in with the onions. Add corn or peas either at the end of the cooking of the onions, or after the meat has initially cooked.

4 Add ground beef and sauté until no longer pink. Add salt and pepper. Add worcesterchire sauce. Add half a cup of beef broth and cook, uncovered, over low heat for 10 minutes, adding more beef broth as necessary to keep moist.


5 Mash potatoes in bowl with remainder of butter, season to taste.

6 Place beef and onions in baking dish. Distribute mashed potatoes on top. Rough up with a fork so that there are peaks that will brown nicely. You can use the fork to make some designs in the potatoes as well.


7 Cook in 400 degree oven until bubbling and brown (about 30 minutes). Broil for last few minutes if necessary to brown.


Serves four.

♥ LOVE IT SOOO MUCH ♥

Our dearest XJ's 20th Big Day

XJ: Hello, I'm outside Sakae Sushi. Alot ppl ler...
ME: Nvm, make a reservation 1st, we'll arrive soon....



Poor birthday gal, awaits our arrival alone...u know..
'SOON' to us maybe 30 mins? 1hr? who knows?
The reason why is that we're doing las min shopping for her...
due to STUPID examz...we haven't had much time to gte her anything...
ended up getting her a cute top & a very delicious mouth watering cake (as tradition)...














Lychee! yum ^^


Me & XJ

Sylvia & XJ

Guys
Group Pic

Gals
p/s: I'll miss the times when we we're together. Spending 2 1/2 years together means alot to me.

Am I too late?

Am i too late to blog? It seems that everyone has one. Well it'll neva be too late as long as i get it to it right? So there it goes, Lil' precious momentoz' in life....