Hachis Parmentier Sauce Aux Champignons Shepards Pie With Mushroom Sauce Food

HACHIS PARMENTIER (FRENCH SHEPHERD'S PIE)

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large skillet over high heat and add half of the beef. Break it up with a wooden spatula and cook, stirring frequently, until it is browned - about 4 min. Season with pinches of salt and pepper, stir, and transfer to a bowl.
• Add more olive oil to the skillet and cook the second batch of beef. Once the second batch is browned, add the first batch back into the skillet, along with the onion and garlic. Turn heat down to medium-low and cook until onion softens - about 4 min.
• Add wine and simmer for a few minutes to evaporate most of the alcohol.
• In a small cup/dish, dissolve tomato paste with a bit of vegetable stock and add to skillet, along with remaining stock and thyme. Season again with salt and pepper and stir. Turn heat down to low and cover with a lid. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 25 min. Be sure to taste and re-season the sauce if necessary.
• In the meantime, prepare the potatoes. Rinse them under cold running water and place into a large pot. Cover with water by about 2" and add a generous pinch of salt. Cover with a lid and bring to a boil.
• Once boiling, crack the lid, turn heat down to low and simmer until potatoes can be pierced easily with a fork, about 12 min.
• While potatoes are cooking, prepare the cream: pour cream into a small saucepan and add butter. Heat over a low flame until butter is melted - do not boil.
• Drain potatoes and transfer to a food processor. Pour cream mixture over the potatoes and season with a small pinch of salt. Puree until smooth.
• Preheat the oven to 375F. Place beef in a single layer in into a 8x8" baking dish and top with potatoes. Bake for about 15 min, until potatoes are set.

HACHIS PARMENTIER OR FRENCH STYLE SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Boil potatoes in salted water until just tender, drain and use a potato masher to crush the potatoes.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil and 10g of the butter in a large frying pan over medium heat.
• When the butter has melted, add the bacon, stirring to separate the pieces.
• Now add the onion, garlic, bay leaf and thyme.
• Cook for about five minutes.
• Add the leek and celery as well as salt and pepper to taste.
• Reduce the heat, cover the pan and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until leeks are tender.
• Stir the chicken or beef into the vegetables.
• Add half the parsley and 50g of the breadcrumbs, stirred with the milk.
• Increase the heat, stirring as the meat changes color.
• Leave to cook for about 15 minutes, adding the rest of the parsley near the end of the cooking.
• Spoon the meat mixture into a casserole dish and top with the crushed potatoes.
• Mix the Gruyere with the remaining breadcrumbs.
• Sprinkle over the top and dot with butter, before cooking in a 350 F or 180 C oven for about 30 minutes or until golden and crusty on top.
• Serve immediately.

SHEPHERD'S PIE WITH MUSHROOM ONION GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a medium saucepan, cover potatoes and crushed garlic with enough water to cover by 1-inch. Add some salt and bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium-high and cook until fork tender, about 15 minutes. Drain potatoes, return to pot, and mash together with 3 tablespoons of the butter and the heavy cream. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and set aside.
• In a large pan on medium-high heat, combine 1 tablespoon butter and 1 tablespoon oil. When butter has melted, add beef, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper and salt and pepper, to taste, and cook until meat is brown. Stir in tomato paste and saute for a few minutes. Add stock and bring to a simmer. Season and remove mixture to a bowl. In the same pan, add remaining butter and oil and saute onions until almost tender, then add red bell pepper, zucchini, carrots and paprika. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
• To assemble, in a 9 by 12-inch baking dish layer half of beef, pressing down to pack in, then sprinkle the cheese on evenly. Pour the remaining half of the beef over the cheese and press down. Next, add the sauteed vegetables and top with the mashed potatoes, spreading out with a spatula or the back of a spoon to even out and to form decorative peaks and valleys. Sprinkle top with paprika and bake for 30 minutes or until edges on potatoes turn golden brown. Serve with Mushroom Onion Gravy.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, saute onions and mushrooms in oil until tender and mushrooms release their moisture, about 5 minutes. Add flour and stir to evenly coat. Slowly whisk in wine and then the broth. Simmer until thickened and season with salt and pepper, to taste.

HACHIS PARMENTIER / SAUCE AUX CHAMPIGNONS (SHEPARD'S PIE WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE)

Steps:

• For the pie: 1. Peel the potatoes, cutting each into six pieces of equal size. Put the potatoes in a saucepan and add water to cover. Bring to the boil and simmer about 20 minutes or until tender. 2. Melt 1 tbsp butter in a saucepan and add the onion and garlic. Cook, stirring, until onions wilt. 3. Add the beef and cook, chopping down with the side of a heavy metal spoon to break up the lumps. When the meat has lost its raw color, add salt and pepper to taste, the bay leaf, thyme, and tomato paste. Cover and cook about 20 minutes. Discard the bay leaf. 4. Preheat the broiler to high. 5. Meanwhile, drain the potatoes and put them through a food mill or potato ricer. Return the potatoes to the saucepan and add the remaining 2 tbsp butter, stirring until the butter melts. 6. Heat the milk and add it gradually to the potatoes, beating with a wooden spoon. Add salt to taste, the nutmeg, and half the parsley. 7. Add the remaining parsley to the beef mixture. 8. Spoon the beef into a flame-proof baking dish. A dish that measures about 8 by 11 1/2 by 2 inches is ideal for this. Spoon the potatoes over the meat and smoth the top with a spatula. Sprinkle with the cheese. 9. Place the dish under the broiler and broil about 5 minutes or less until the potatoes are nicely browned. Serve with mushroom sauce. For the sauce: 1. Slice the mushrooms thinly. There should be about 2 cups. Set aside. 2. Melt 1 tbsp on butter in a saucepan and add the onion and garlic. Cook until the onion wilts. 3. Add the mushrooms and salt and pepper to taste. Cook, stirring often, until the mushrooms give up their liquid. Cook until this liquid evaporates. 4. Add the wine. Cook until wine almost evaporates. Add tomatoes and stir. Cover and cook about 15 minutes. 5. Stir the remaining butter into the sauce and add the cream. Bring to the boil and serve hot.

MUSHROOM PARMENTIER

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 425°F/220°C.
• Clean and quarter the mushrooms. (Dice if using portabello).
• Heat 2 of the tablespoons of the butter with one tablespoon of the olive oil and sauté the mushrooms until golden. Remove from pan.
• Heat the other spoonful of olive oil (more if needed) and sauté the onion until soft. Add the garlic for one minute.
• Deglaze with the wine and reduce to about a tablespoon.
• Add the stock, thyme leaves and the mushrooms, season with salt and pepper, cook until the stock has reduced by half.
• Combine the flour with the last tablespoon of butter in a small dish and the stir it into the sauce. Cook until the liquid has thickened to a sauce, a matter of minutes. Stir in the parsley. Spoon the mixture into a gratin dish.
• Potato Topping: Steam the potatoes in a covered saucepan with about an inch of water in the bottom, until very tender. Keep and eye on them or you will start to brown the bottom. This way of steaming the potatoes gives them a nice texture and flavour.
• Mash the potatoes with the butter and milk until very smooth, adding more milk if needed.
• Season with salt and pepper. Stir in the Gruyere cheese.
• Spread over the mushroom mixture, smooth with the back of a spoon.
• Sprinkle over the Parmesan.
• Bake until golden on top, about 15 minutes.

HACHIS PARMENTIER - FRENCH PROVENCALE STYLE SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Butter a large baking dish.
• Spread the beef stew evenly in the bottom of the buttered dish.
• Into hot mashed potatoes stir butter, creme fraiche/sour cream, Dijon mustard, pinch of nutmeg, and salt & pepper to taste; beat well to combine.
• Spread mashed potatoes mixture evenly over the stew.
• Use a spatula or the tines of a fork to roughen the top of the potatoes, for good browning.
• Sprinkle with grated cheese and a pinch of garlic powder.
• Arrange the olives and sliced tomatoes attractively over the top & drizzle with olive oil.
• Bake at 375F for 25-35 minutes until hot, golden brown and bubbling!
• Garnish with snipped parsley and serve with a green salad or vegetable of your choice, and a crusty baguette. Enjoy!