Shepherd’s Pie is the perfect way to use leftover roasted meat of any kind and leftover potatoes of any kind. A St. Stephen’s Day pie is made using leftover turkey or ham. A Cumberland pie is a version using breadcrumbs on top instead of potatoes. The English also make a similar dish with fish known as fish pie.
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Shepherd's Pie
This is a savory dish of meat and vegetables topped with a cloud of whipped potatoes that will satisfy the manliest of appetites!
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Place oil into a sauté pan and set over medium high heat. Add onion and sauté 5 minutes. Add the garlic and stir to combine. Grind the lamb in a food processor and add the lamb to the onion mixture. Salt and pepper to taste. Cook 2 minutes thten add the flour and stir. Add the tomato paste or ketchup, beer, Worcestershire, rosemary, lima beans and stir. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 10 minutes. Spread mixture into a glass baking dish. Mix potatoes, carrots and half and half in a food processor. Top with potatoes, sealing the edges. Bake for 25 minutes or until the potatoes begin to brown. Cool for 20 minutes before serving.
For the potato topping
Put the potatoes, carrot puree and half and half in a food processor or blender and whip until combined.
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Buccatini with white bean, asparagus, shitake mushrooms, lovage and parmesan compliments of Chef Samantha Buyskes and Anthony Road Wine Company.
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Buccatini With White Bean, Asparagus, Shitake Mushrooms, Lovage & Parmesan
This deliciously hearty dish is earthy and creamy with the bright celery-like flavor of lovage - unforgettable!
Instructions
Heat a pot of water until boiling. Add 1 tablespoon salt and 1 tablespoon olive oil to boiling water. Add pasta to boiling water and cook for 8 minutes until al dente; drain.
Meanwhile, heat ¼ cup butter with the remaining 2 T olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and asparagus, salt and pepper and cook for a few minutes until asparagus starts to soften. Add white beans and riesling and cook for about 4 minutes allowing the wine to cook down a little and the alcohol flavor to be removed. Toss in the pasta and lovage and mix it all thoroughly. Pour into a large serving bowl and top with parmesan cheese.
Recipe Notes
Celery leaves can be substituted for lovage.
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Pernod is an anise-flavoured, or black licorice flavoured liqueur. This beverage becomes cloudy when diluting over ice because it is aniseed-based. It contains oils called terpeness, which are soluble in an aqueous solution that contains 30% ethanol or more by volume. When the solution is diluted to below 30% ethanol, the terpenes become insoluble causing the beverage to become cloudy.
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Shrimp Pernod with Spinach Cakes
A restaurant-quality dish with a creamy sauce and a hint of licorice flavor.
Instructions
For the Shrimp Pernod
Combine ½ teaspoon salt, cayenne and garlic powder and rub the shrimp with it. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Saute the shrimp for 3 minutes. Add the onions, celery and garlic and sauté for 2 or 3 more minutes. Add the pernod and cook for 1 minute. Add the parsley and cream and bring to a boil. Season to taste.
For the Spinach Cake
Heat the butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add ¼ cup of flour. Stir constantly for 5 to 6 minutes to make a blond roux the color of sandpaper. Add the onions and cook, stirring for about 2 minutes until slightly wilted. Add the milk and stir until the mixture thickens. Add the spinach, salt, cayenne, pepper, nutmeg and garlic and cook stirring for about 4 minutes. Remove from heat. Add bread crumbs, parmigiano reggiano, and Pernod and mix well. Let cool for about 30 minutes.
Divide the mixture into 4 equal portions and shape into patties. Heat the oil in a non-stick skillet over medium high heat. Combine the remaining ¼ cup flour and the rub. Dredge the patties, coating evenly in the flour. Fry the cakes for about 2 minutes on each side until golden. Transfer to a warm platter. Spoon shrimp and sauce over the cakes and serve.
Recipe Notes
Shape the spinach cakes a day in advance, dredge in flour and refrigerate until ready to fry. © Galley Chef All Rights Reserved
A Chinese stir fry of salty shrimp, sweet snow peas and a tangy garlic-ginger sauce.
Snow peas, along with sugar snap peas, are notable for having edible pods that lack inedible fiber (in the form of “parchment”, a fibrous layer found in the inner pod rich in lignin) in the pod walls. Snow peas have the thinner walls of the two edible pod variants. Two recessive genes known as p and v are responsible for this trait. p is responsible for reducing the schlerenchymatous membrane on the inner pod wall, while v reduces pod wall thickness (n is a gene that thickens pod walls in snap peas).
The green shoots can also be cut and served as a vegetable as is done in Chinese cooking, especially stir-fried with garlic or shellfish such as crab.
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Shrimp with Snow Peas in Ginger Garlic Sauce
A Chinese stir fry of salty shrimp, sweet snow peas and a tangy garlic-ginger sauce.
Instructions
Mix all the corn starch and vermouth in a large bowl, then add the shrimp. Toss to coat. Let sit for 15 minutes.
Heat a wok over high heat for 1 minute. Add the oil and let it get hot, about 30 seconds. Add the ginger and garlic and toss to combine. Stir-fry for about 30 seconds.
Add the shrimp and all the marinade to the pan (scrape out all the marinade with a rubber spatula). Add the snow peas, soy sauce, hoisin sauce and chicken stock. Stir-fry until the shrimp turns pink, about 2 minutes. Add the green onions and stir-fry 1 more minute. Turn off the heat and add the sesame oil. Toss to combine once more and serve with steamed rice.
Recipe Notes
Any protein can be substituted for the shrimp. © Galley Chef All Rights Reserved
Smoked haddock gratin has got to be the easiest and most delicious dish ever. If you like smoked fish, try this. It will blow your mind!
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Smoked Haddock Gratin
Although this dish pairs cheese with fish, which is a big no-no in the culinary world, it is absolutely delicious and served in some of the best restaurants in the south of France.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Puree the tomatoes in a food processor. Season with salt and pepper. Divide them equally among 4 ramekins. Chop the fish into 1 inch pieces and fill the ramekins with equal amounts of fish. Pour heavy cream over the fish to cover. Top with a sprinkle of mozzarella and a sprinkle of gruyere cheese. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
Recipe Notes
Recipe Notes Any smoked fish can be substituted for the haddock. Here, I substituted Wahoo. © Galley Chef All Rights Reserved
Inspired by an authentic Mexican recipe, these tortillians get crunchy on the outside while the cheese inside gets gooey resulting in a fabulous texture. In addition, the combination of spices gives the dish a great authentic Mexican flavor.
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Soft Flour Tortillians
Inspired by an authentic Mexican recipe, these tortillians get crunchy on the outside while the cheese inside gets gooey resulting in a fabulous texture. In addition, the combination of spices gives the dish a great authentic Mexican flavor.
Instructions
In a sauté pan, cook ground beef, onion, and seasoning until beef is cooked through, about 8 minutes, mashing it with a fork as it cooks, so the beef is a fine crumble.
Divide the remaining ingredients into quarters and pile each one on top of a soft flour tortilla along with the beef mixture. Fold edge of tortilla, brush the outside with vegetable oil and cook in a skillet on both sides until cheese melts, 2 - 3 minutes. Serve with salsa and guacamole and garnish with cilantro and hot sauce.
Recipe Notes
Recipe Notes Courtesy of and inspired by a recipe from Marilynn Berry © Galley Chef All Rights Reserved