Pastel de Papas o Pastel de Carne (our version of Shepherd’s Pie)
Shepherd’s pie is a meat pie with a crust of mashed potato.
This dish is my kids’ favorite! Delicious, very easy to make, fast if you have left over mashed potatoes or beef (from your empanadas).
Easy to transport for your next put luck party.
Filling
1 pound ground beef
1 onion
1 green pepper and 1 red pepper
3 hard boil eggs
2 tbsp of butter
¼ cup green olives
¼ cup raisins
1 tsp. crushed red pepper
½ tsp. oregano
Parsley
Olive oil
Salt and Pepper
Mashed Potatoes
4 big potatoes
1 cup milk
4 tbsp butter
Salt
Instructions
Heat a skillet over medium heat with the oil and butter. Add onions and peppers. When they are tender, add the beef and cooked through. Add olives, raisins and eggs, salt, pepper, oregano and parsley.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cook potatoes and mash them with milk, butter and salt. Set aside.
Coat a 9 by 9 baking pan with cooking spray and layer the mashed potatoes with the beef. First spread the potatoes with a spatula, then the beef, then finish with potatoes. Bake for 40 minutes.
Variations:
You can add a can of tomatoes to the filling or use sweet potatoes instead of the potatoes or add sugar on top of the last layer of potatoes.
It is very good with butternut squash puree too!
Enjoy!
Carola
