Jacobs Pie A Different Spin On Shepherds Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Saute the ground beef garlic and onions together in a deep iron skillet until the beef is no longer pink in the middle. You can add any other seasonings to suit your taste -- I like to use salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce. (Note: If you don't have an iron skillet, use a regular skillet to cook the meat and then assemble in a casserole dish).
• Drain ground beef mixture.
• Return ground beef to the skillet (or casserole dish), and arrange in a layer to cover the bottom.
• Spread condensed cream of mushroom soup in a layer over the ground beef.
• Arrange drained green beans/veggies in a layer over the soup.
• Spread mashed potatoes in a layer over the veggies.
• Top with cheese slices.
• Place skillet/casserole dish on center rack in the oven at 350 degrees for 15-20 min or until cheese is melted with slightly browned edges.
• Serve with warm dinner rolls.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• Stir cream-style corn and corn niblets together in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until heated through, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Spread ground beef out in the bottom of a casserole dish. Top with 8 slices American cheese, corn mixture, remaining cheese slices, and mashed potatoes, respectively.
• Bake in the preheated oven until corn mixture bubbles along the edges of the dish, about 30 minutes. Cool briefly before slicing.

Steps:

• See separate recipe for Marta Sgubin's Mashed Potatoes --
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Combine the lamb, garlic, onion and rosemary and put them through a meat grinder twice. If you don't have a meat grinder, don't use a food processor because that doesn't give the right texture. Use a knife to chop [or shred] the ingredients very fine, the way you would if you were making hash.
• Melt 6 tablespoons butter in a large skillet and stir in the flour.
• Stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, cook for 5 minutes or until completely blended. Slowly add the beef stock, stirring as you add, and cook until thickened - about 5 minutes.
• Add the chopped lamb mixture and stir to blend. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Spoon this meat mixture into a 2-quart oval ovenproof casserole dish. Spread the mashed potatoes over the top. They should be as even as possible and touch the rim of the dish so that non of the meat mixture shows.
• Use a fork to rake a design along the top, drawing the tines over the sirface from one end to the other the long way. Dot with the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter.
• Bake for 40 minutes or until the filling is bubbling hot and the potatoes are lightly browned.