Part of:
French
Ingredients:
- 4-5 cups russet or Yukon gold potatoes (washed, peeled and cubed)
- 1 small cauliflower (about 3-4 cups of florets)
- 4 cups chicken stock (or vegetable stock)
- ½ tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium onion (finely chopped, about 1 cup)
- 2 medium carrots (finely chopped, about 1 cup)
- 3-4 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 pound ground beef (lean)
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ¼ cup milk ()
- 1 teaspoon salt (more or less to taste)
- ½ teaspoon pepper (more or less to taste)
- 1 cup shredded Gruyère cheese (or shredded Swiss, comté or mozzarella) {
Instructions:
- Preheat oven at 355° Fahrenheit.
- Prep veggies: wash, peel and cut potatoes in cubes. Get cauliflower cut into florets. Chop onion and carrots into small pieces. Mince garlic cloves.
- Get 2 separate pots. In 1st one, add potatoes and cover them with cold water. In 2nd pot add 4 cups of cold broth and cauliflower florets. Bring both pots to boil on medium-high heat, then reduce to medium and cook for about 10-15 min or until potatoes and cauliflower are tender when you poke them with tines of fork.
- In large skillet, add olive oil, onion and carrots and cook on medium-high heat for about 7-8 min stirring often. Then, add garlic and tomato paste and mix in. Add ground beef, some salt and pepper and continue cooking everything on medium-high heat for about 6-7 min stirring often or until meat is browned and cooked through.
- Once cauliflower is ready, reserve about ¼ cup of stock it cooked in. Transfer cauliflower florets with large slotted spoon and ¼ cup stock to blender. Blend until very smooth, it'll look like thick cream, about 45 seconds to 1 minute.
- Once potatoes are ready, strain them using colander or large slotted spoon and use potato ricer or masher to mash into large bowl.
- Add butter, milk, salt and pepper and blended cauliflower to potatoes and mix until combined.
- In baking dish, add the beef mixture as the 1st layer.
- Then add mashed potatoes mixture as 2nd layer on top.
- Sprinkle cheese on top. Add to oven and bake for 22 to 25min or until cheese is fully melted and top is golden brown. Serve warm.