Irish Rovers Unicorn Pub Shepherd's Pie Recipe
Serves/Makes: 6
Ingredients:
2 pounds Ground beef, lean
1 cup Onion; diced
1 cup Carrots; diced
1 cup Celery; diced
1 1/2 cup Corn; fresh or frozen
2 cloves Garlic; minced
Salt; to taste
Pepper; to taste
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
8 ounces Beef broth
2 tablespoons Butter; mixed with
2 tablespoons Flour
2 pounds Potatoes; cooked and mashed
Butter
Directions:
Not a "traditional" shepherd's pie, but good!
Cook ground beef in frying pan until brown. Add onion, carrots, celery, garlic,
salt, pepper and nutmeg. Lower heat and cook for 10 minutes or until vegetables
are wilted. Add beef broth, bring to a boil. Stir in enough of the butter/flour
roux to make a thick gravy to bind the filling. Pour into large shallow baking
pan and cool. The filling should be about 1-1/2 inches deep.
Cover the meat mixture in the pan with the corn and then top with the hot mashed
potatoes. smooth potatoes evenly, brush surface with butter. Bake at 325 F for
35-40 minutes.
The Irish Rovers, of "Puff the Magic Dragon" and "The Unicorn" fame, own a very
successful "Old Country Pub" in Calgary, Alberta. Their Shepherd's Pie is justly
famous. Vincent Lee, kitchen manager at the Unicorn says the recipe came
directly from Ireland via the Irish Rovers more than 10 years ago.
Calgary Sun, Monday, October 15, 1990
This recipe for Irish Rover's Unicorn Pub Shepherd's Pie serves/makes 6.