Shepherd's Pie

Poor man's dinner. Comfort food. White trash. Call it what you want to .... it is one of our favorite dishes, in Winter, on a Sunday, and even better left over the next day. The Corkmaster has a huge affinity towards this dish .... it can look like a bit of a dog's breakfast, but it tastes divine, and reminds us of home where meat and potatoes featured far too often.

Ingredients & Preparation:

500g beef mince

1 large onion, chopped

1 bullet chilli, chopped

Handful of parsley, chopped

1/4 c. BBQ sauce, such as Fountain brand

1/4 c. Heinz tomato ketchup

1-2 tbsp balsamic vinegar

1-2 tbsp worchestershire Sauce

3 tbsp thousand island salad dressing

Fresh ground black pepper

Sea salt

2 x tins kernel corn

Desiree potatoes, mashed (I mash with butter and Crème fraîche)

Chop onion, chilli and parsley. Heat skillet and brown the mince along with the aforementioned ingredients. When the mixture is browned, drain all grease through a collander.

Add BBQ sauce, ketchup, worchestershire, 1000 island, pepper and sea salt. Stir this through mince mixture. Once combined, place this meat mixture at the base of an oven safe dish. Layer with corn, then mashed potatoes. Sprinkle with paprika or simply sea salt and fresh ground black pepper. Bake in a 250 degrees celsius oven for at least half an hour, until mashed potatoes begin to brown. Beatiful on a Sunday when you may be missing those home cooked dinners of yesteryear.

Bon Appetit!