Hungarian Shepherd's Pie

This dish was born from the marriage of Hungarian layered potatoes and the English shepherd's pie. The sauce is so delicious, I think it can even be eaten on its own.

  • margarine
  • 5 eggs
  • 150 g peas
  • 1 tsp. soup powder
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 150 g black forest ham
  • 4 hot dog sausages
  • 1.5 kg potatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 300 g Emmental cheese
  • lactose-free milk
  • 330 g lactose-free sour cream
  • salt, pepper

Cook the eggs and peas separately. When the pea water boils, add the soup powder.

Chop the garlic, ham, sausage. Heat margarine in a saucepan and fry the garlic and ham in it. Take out the garlic and ham with a tong so that some of  the margarine stays in the pan. If that's not enough, add more and fry the sausage in it. Sausages fry more slowly than ham, which is why it should be done this way. When the sausage is ready, put it to the rest, but just set the pan aside because you will still need it. Put the meat and garlic aside to cool.

When the peas are ready, strain, also set aside to cool.

Peel the hard-boiled eggs when they have cooled in the cold bath.

Peel the potatoes, cut it up into small cubes and cook in lightly salted water.

Take the onion and caramelize it in the margarine in which you made the garlic and the rest.

Grate the cheese.

Mix the sour cream with a little milk and pepper it. You don't need salt. Add 100 g of cheese, then the chilled meats, garlic and peas. If you have a little margarine with the ham, feel free to put it in.

Preheat the oven to 392°F (200°C). Make a large flat bowl.

When the potatoes are ready, strain and allow to cool. When it is no longer hot, add the onion, margarine, milk, a little pepper. Mix with a wooden spoon, then make mashed potatoes with an electric blender. It will be very creamy with the blender. When the potatoes are good, mix 100 g of cheese in. Taste it and add salt if necessary.

Spread the sour cream mixture on the bottom of the bowl, then the sliced eggs are the next layer. Mashed potatoes come on the top. Finally, sprinkle the remaining cheese on the potatoes and place it in the oven for 20 minutes.

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