French Style Pate Chinois Food

'CHINESE' PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 2-quart casserole with butter.
• Heat canola oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir ground beef into onion, season with salt and black pepper, and cook ground beef mixture until browned and crumbly, about 10 more minutes. Drain excess grease.
• Spread cooked ground beef mixture into bottom of the prepared casserole dish; pour cream-style corn over the ground beef in a layer; top with layer of mashed potatoes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are browned and casserole is bubbling, about 30 minutes.

FRENCH STYLE PATE CHINOIS

Steps:

• Peel and cook the potatoes, mash, adding milk and butter (I whip the potatoes for smoother consistency) Set aside.
• Chop onion and cook with the ground beef until done and spread evenly in the baking dish.
• Pour the cream corn evenly over the ground beef, and pour the kernel corn evenly over the cream corn.
• Last but not least, spread the mashed potatoes evenly for the last layer.
• Dot the top with butter, and sprinkle paprika evenly over this.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45-60 minutes.
• As an added variety, shredded cheddar can be sprinkled on as a topping.
• This dish freezes very well.

PATE CHINOIS CASSEROLE

Steps:

• To make homemade potatoes:
• Boil potatoes tender and soft; drain the water.
• Add milk at a time butter.
• Beat the mixture until your potatoes are creamy and smooth.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook beef and onion in a skillet until the beef is done and the onions are translucent.
• Cook your instant or homemade potatoes and set aside.
• In a large casserole dish add the meat and onions and spread around to cover the entire bottom of the dish.
• Spread the creamed corn over the meat and onions.
• Spread the mashed potatoes over the creamed corn to form the last layer.
• Bake at 350 degrees until the the top of the potatoes become golden brown.
• Serve and enjoy.

SHEPHERD'S PIE (PATE CHINOIS)

Steps:

• Boil potatoes.
• Mash potatoes, add a little butter and milk, (a little lumpy and not too creamy) salt and pepper.
• Brown ground beef (drain if necessary), add mushrooms and onion and cook till a bit tender.
• Sprinkle a little soya sauce on ground beef mixture (about 1-2 tblsp), and pepper.
• Put ground beef in bottom of roasting pan.
• Then the cream corn.
• Next the can of kernel corn.
• Finally the mashed potatoes.
• Brush the top with a little melted butter Bake at 375 for about an hour, or until the potatoes are golden brown.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle with parsley.
• I like to put a little soya on my serving.