Working on the Cabin Addition! | Butchering & Packaging our Lamb Meat for Storage + Shepherds Pie!

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Come hang out with us at the cabin! We're continuing work on our cabin addition. Joe's rerouting the electrical wires for our solar system + we're butchering our lamb meat for long term storage in the freezer. Thanks for joining us for another video!

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Shepherd's Pie ingredients:
Olive oil (or cooking oil of preference)
Salt & pepper
About 6 russet potatoes (about 2-1/2 lbs) peeled & cut into chunks
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup heavy cream
2TBS butter
1 tsp nutmeg (optional)
2 lbs fresh green beans (ends snapped, cut into 2-inch pieces & steamed
1 small white onion diced up
1 garlic clove minced
2 carrots peeled and diced
1 bay leaf
2 lbs ground beef (or ground lamb)
2-1/2 TBS all purpose flour
3 TBS tomato paste
2 TBS hot water
1-1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
Dried or fresh parsley for garnish, you could also use minced chives

How to make it:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Oil/grease 9X13 baking pan.
2. Add potatoes to a pot of water & boil/cook until tender, about 15-20 minutes. Drain & return to the pot.
3. Mash potatoes & add milk, heavy cream, butter, nutmeg & a dash of salt/pepper, mix well. Set aside.
4. If you haven't steamed your green beans, steam them now. I simply add about 2-3 TBS of water to a microwave safe dish with my green beans, cover with plastic wrap & microwave for about 4-5 minutes. Immediately remove from the microwave and strain them, allowing cold water to run over them for several minutes to stop the cooking process. Set aside.
5. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Stir in onion, carrots, garlic, and bay leaf & cook until vegetables begin to soften. Add the beef & cook, stirring until no longer pink. Pour off any standing liquid.
6. Push all ingredients to one side of the skillet. On the other side, add the tomato paste, flour, Worcestershire sauce, hot water & a pinch of salt & pepper. Stir until blended, then combine with the beef mixture. Cook until the mixture is thickened. Remove from heat. Remove & discard bay leaf.
7. Spread the beef mixture in the prepared baking dish & layer the green beans on top.
8. Spoon the mashed potatoes over the green beans & smooth the top. (You may cover at this point & refrigerate for 1 day before baking. Let it stand at room temp 1 hour before baking).
9. Bake until heated through & the potatoes are lightly browned on top, about 30-40 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley & enjoy!

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