Shepard's Pie - Hachis Parmentier

This warm cozy comfort food was one of my favorites as a child and I'm so excited to share my mom's recipe with you! It's a delicious savory beef bottom with caramelized onions and warm spices with a creamy mashed potatoes and cheese topping you cannot beat!

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

In a large pot, bring water and salt to a boil. Once boiling, add chopped up potatoes and boil for about 25 minutes until they are fork soft. Remove from the liquid by straining them out into a large bowl.

Step 2

In the same pot the potatoes were boiled in, put olive oil and diced onions to begin caramelizing.

Step 3

Add butter, salt pepper and parmesan cheese to the potatoes and mix well. Once mixed slowly add in the heavy cream and milk and mix in well.

Step 4

Set mashed potatoes aside and continue mixing the onions until they are golden in color. Be careful not to burn them, add the ground beef once the onions achieve a gold color.

Step 5

Mix the ground beef in with the onions and add spices. Mix well.

Step 6

Add about 1/2 pound of spinach into the pot. Mix well until it shrinks to basically nothing 😅

Step 7

Now assemble the meat filling on the bottom of a baking dish.

Step 8

Top it carefully with the mashed potatoes and spread it all over the top.

Step 9

Top it with freshly grated Jarlsberg cheese and place it into the oven at 400°F for 15 minutes.

Step 10

Then broil the cheese if it's not already browned in the oven for 5 minutes.

Step 11

Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 10 minutes before cutting into it.

Step 12

Enjoy!!