Shepherd's pie (typical Quebec recipe)

Recipe for 6 to 8 people

• 1kg of mashed potatoes
• 70g of butter
• 150ml of milk
• 450g of ground beef or stewing meat
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 can of sweet corn cream style (Del Monte)
• Paprika and parsley
• Salt and pepper
• 1 sprig of thyme and rosemary

1/ In a pot of salted water, cook the potatoes, drain, mash, add the butter, milk, and seasoning, mix, and set aside.

2/ Sauté the chopped onion with butter, thyme, and rosemary. Add the meat, sauté and brown, either ground or, as I prefer, stewing meat that I grind afterward. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat.

3/ Gently press the ground meat into the bottom of a baking dish, cover with corn, then the mashed potatoes. Sprinkle with paprika and chopped parsley. Bake for approximately 30 minutes in a preheated oven at 180°C and finish under the broiler.

Serve and enjoy with a good Canadian beer or perhaps a glass of cranberry juice.