••••MINI SHEPHERD'S PIE🧀🌰🥔🌿🍗🍞🐔🥕🌽!!•••

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****MINI SHEPHERD'S PIE!!

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IngredientsNutrition

• YIELD

  12mini pies

• UNITS

  US

• cooking spray
• 1(12 ounce) can refrigerated biscuits (The flakey are good or Grands)
• 2tablespoons  olive oil
• 1lb  ground beef (chuck or ground turkey or chicken or veggie crumbles)
• 1⁄2onion, minced
• 1 1⁄2teaspoons  salt
• 1teaspoon  cracked black pepper
• 1⁄2-1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 2tablespoons  all-purpose flour
• 1⁄2cup beef stock (or chicken or turkey or vegetable)
• 1cup frozen mixed vegetables
• 2tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary leaf
• 1 1⁄2cups leftover mashed potatoes (or use instant or storebought in a pinch)
• 1tablespoon granulated garlic powder
• 2tablespoons granulated onion powder
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
2. Spray a 12-count muffin pan with cooking spray. Mold biscuits to the shape of each muffin cup. Par-bake biscuits for 6 to 8 minutes until light golden. Remove from oven and set aside. You will probably need to smash them down with the back of a spoon.
3. Heat the 2 tbls. oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add ground beef and brown. Stir in the onions, salt, pepper and garlic and allow to cook together for a couple of minutes.
4. Mix flour into the meat mixture and stir until a paste consistency is reached. Add beef stock to pan and stir in vegetables and herbs, the last few minutes, until combined.
5. Reheat mashed potatoes in a microwave for 5 to 6 minutes. Stir in granulated garlic and onion powder.
6. Spoon equal amounts (approximately 2 tablespoons) of warm potatoes on the bottoms of each par-baked biscuit. Then top with equal amounts of beef mixture (approximately 2 tablespoons). Finally top with equal amounts of Cheddar cheese.
7. Return to oven and bake for 12 to 15 minutes until cheese is melted and browned. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly before popping individual pies out with a knife. Enjoy!
   
   
   

(Source: cooking.nytimes.com & David Tanis & photos also)

****IRISH STEW!!

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Irish Stew

 DAVID TANIS

• YIELD6 to 8 servings
• TIME1 hour 30 minutes

 

 

INGREDIENTS

• 3 pounds lamb shoulder cut in 2-inch chunks (or use thick shoulder chops)
•  Salt and pepper
• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 pounds onions (about 6 medium), cut in wedges
• 1 pound carrots (about 6 medium), cut in 3-inch lengths
• 4 cups chicken, veal or beef broth (or water)
• 1 large sprig thyme
• 3 pounds russet potatoes (about 12 small), peeled and halved, or cut in 2-inch thick slices
  
  
  
   PREPARATION

1. Pat lamb dry and season well with salt and pepper. Put oil in a heavy-bottomed soup pot over medium-high heat. Brown meat on all sides, working in batches.
2. Set meat aside and add onions and carrots to pot. Season with salt and pepper. Cook vegetables, stirring, until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Return meat to pot, add broth and bring to a simmer. Put in thyme sprig and arrange potatoes on top (it’s fine if potatoes are not completely submerged). Season potatoes, cover pot and transfer to oven.
4. Bake for about 1 hour, until lamb is quite tender when probed with a skewer or paring knife. Remove fat from top of broth. Ladle stew into shallow bowls and serve.
   
   
   

Tip

• Alternatively, cook stew on stovetop instead of baking; keep covered at a gentle simmer for about 1 hour. For a thicker stew, crush a few of the potatoes from the stew and simmer in broth, or thicken with a slurry of flour and water (about 4 tablespoons flour).
  
  
  
  

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****HAPPY PI DAY!!

 

••••HEART HEALTHY EATING TIPS❤️🥕🥔🥑🌽🍞🍅🍓🍇🍊🍎!!••••

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****HEART HEALTHY EATING TIPS!!

****EAT YOUR WAY TO 

****GOOD HEALTH!

 

••••CASSEROLE, SOUP OR SAUCE TIP🥘🍜🍲🍛!!••••

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****CASSEROLE, SOUP OR SAUCE

****TIP!!

**** WHEN MAKING A SOUP, SAUCE

****OR CASSEROLE THAT ENDS UP

****TOO FATTY OR GREASY,

****DROP IN AN ICE CUBE.  THE ICE

****WILL ATTRACT THE FAT, WHICH 

****YOU CAN SCOOP OUT.

 

••••FRUIT TIP🍌🍎🍊🍋🍒🍉🍑🍍🍇🍓🥝🥑🍅!!••••

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****FRUIT TIP!!

****DON'T STORE YOUR BANANAS

****IN A BUNCH OR IN A FRUIT BOWL

****WITH OTHER FRUITS. 

****SEPARATE YOUR BANANAS AND

****PLACE EACH IN A DIFFERENT 

****LOCATION.  BANANAS RELEASE 

****GASES THAT CAUSE FRUITS

****(INCLUDING OTHER BANANAS)

****TO RIPEN QUICKLY.

****SEPARATING THEM WILL KEEP

****THEM FRESH LONGER.

••••MINI CUSTARD PUFFS🍳🥛🍮🍚🍜🥚!!••••

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****MINI CUSTARD PUFFS!!

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1. PUFF PASTRY :

Ingredients for Puff Pastry :
– Margarine : 60 grams
– Water : 100 ml
– Plain flour : 60 grams
– 1 beaten egg

Making the Puff Pastry :

(1.1) In a pan, melt butter in water, when butter dissolves completely, turn to low heat, add in flour, mix well.

(1.2) Remove the pan from heat, gradually add in beaten egg, mix them well until the dough slowly drops from the mixer.

(1.3) In a baking dish, use a decorating tube, squeeze out the dough into a diameter of 4cm. Bake in preheated oven for 220 C for 30 minutes or until the puffs turn golden brown.

(Note : Baking time vary with the type of device used)2. CUSTARD CREAM

Ingredients for custard cream :
– 2 tbsp of Custard Powder
– 300 ml of fresh milk
– 1 tbsp of sugar

Making the Custard Cream :
(2.1) Mix 2 tbsp of custard powder to 100 ml of fresh milk.

(2.1) Heat up remaining fresh milk and sugar together. When sugar dissolve, add the mixture of fresh milk and custard powder. Constantly stir the mixture until it is thicken to the right consistency.

3. Ready to savor yummy Mini Custard Puffs  :
When baking of puffs pastry is done, let the puffs cool down, make a cut at 1/3 from the top, fill with custard cream and sprinkle icing sugar on top of the custard puff.