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Shepherd’s pie with two cheeses Recipe

Recipe

Total time: 30 to 60 minutes

Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Chef's Note

For creamier mashed potatoes, cook the potatoes in milk with thyme, bay leaf and garlic. Use the milk to prepare the mashed potatoes.

Ingredients

For 6 servings

- 1 kg (2 1/4 lb.) potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces

- 200 ml (3/4 cup) milk

- 2 tbsp. crème fraîche or 35% cream

- 80 g (3 oz.) grated Gruyère

- 150 g (5 oz.) grated Cantal or mozzarella

- 100 g (3 1/2 oz.) butter, cut into pieces

- 2 onions, finely chopped

- 1 tbsp. olive oil

- 800 g ground beef

- 3 tbsp. Bolognese sauce or tomato sauce

- Chopped parsley

- Salt and pepper

- Fine bread crumbs

Method

Cook the potatoes in salted water, then put through a food mill or ricer.
Add the milk, cream, 60 g of grated Gruyère, the Cantal and butter.
Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F.
Sauté the onions in oil.
Add the ground meat. Cook for 15 minutes, breaking it up with a fork.
Add the Bolognese sauce, parsley, salt and pepper.
Put the meat into a buttered baking dish; cover with mashed potato.
Sprinkle with the remaining grated Gruyère and bread crumbs. Dot the top with butter.
Bake for 20 minutes, until the top is browned. Serve hot.

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