Shepherd's Pie-style Mashed Potato Gratin. Great recipe for Shepherd's Pie-style Mashed Potato Gratin. If you prepare the meat beforehand you can make this dish very easily. The tomato sauce I used here was a gently flavoured one.
	
	
	
	
		Coat the meat completely in flour and sauté in the stock pot.
	
		Shepherd's Pie with Scalloped Potatoes au Gratin Shepherd's Pie, a dish of hearty stew topped and baked with a potato crust, is the epitome of a fall dish.
	
		It's deep, savory flavor is delicious on a crisp autumn day and its meat and potato elements are reminiscent of the family favorites I grew up on.
	
	You can have Shepherd's Pie-style Mashed Potato Gratin using 10 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Shepherd's Pie-style Mashed Potato Gratin
- You need of Mashed potato.
 - Prepare of Potatoes.
 - You need of Butter.
 - You need of Milk.
 - It's of or more Salt.
 - It's of White pepper.
 - It's of Meat sauce (if you don't have the ☆ ingredients use a tinned meat sauce).
 - You need of ☆Shio-koji minced meat.
 - It's of ☆Tomato sauce.
 - Prepare of Parmesan cheese.
 
Drain the potatoes well in a colander. Melt butter in skillet over medium-high heat. Spoon mashed potatoes over top and, using the back of a spoon, make an even layer. When the weather calls for comfort food, it's hard to beat a substantial stew of beef sirloin and vegetables, topped with creamy mashed potatoes and baked until everything is warm and bubbly.
Shepherd's Pie-style Mashed Potato Gratin instructions
- Mashed Potato: Wash and clean the potatoes and wrap in cling film separately. Microwave at 600 W for about 8 minutes. Turn over halfway through..
 - Wear an oven glove and squeeze the potato with your hand. The skin will break. Remove the skin with chopsticks as it is very hot..
 - Put the potatoes into a bowl. Mash with a masher..
 - Mix in the butter while it is still hot..
 - Add the milk in 2 to 3 batches..
 - Stir until smooth and add salt and pepper..
 - Preheat an oven to 230℃..
 - Meat Sauce: Tip the frozen shio-koji soboro into a bowl..
 - Stir in the tomato sauce..
 - Grease the gratin dish with oil or butter (not listed in the ingredients) using kitchen paper..
 - Place the meat sauce in the dish and flatten evenly..
 - Place the mashed potato on top and spread evenly..
 - Score the surface using a fork. (You can omit this process.).
 - Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over it. Bake in an oven preheated to 230℃ for about 20 minutes until golden-brown on top..
 - Sprinkle with chopped parsley to your taste. Adjust the baking time and temperature according to your oven at home..
 
This shepherd's recipe has a couple of secret shortcuts that'll help you have it on the table in under an hour—perfect for a weeknight. Place potatoes in a large Dutch oven. Cover with water; bring to a boil. Place colander over medium bowl; drain potatoes, reserving broth. Season meat with salt and pepper.