I am looking for a recipe for a chopped meat and mashed potato casserole either greek or middle eastern style?!
Answers: my friend is from egypt and she always made a great casserole with chopped meat topped with mashed potato...similar to the dish with the macaroni and bechamel topping but this one had mashed potato on top...
TSIOPANIKI PITA (GREEK SHEPHERD'S PIE)
3 medium potatoes
3 tbsp butter
2 small onions, chopped
1 pound lean ground beef or lamb
2 tbsp tomato sauce
1/4 cup dry wine
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup light cream
1/2 cup grated kefalotyri cheese (or parmesan or Romano)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-inch round casserole.
Scrub the potatoes and boil them whole in their skins. While they are cooking, prepare the meat sauce.
Melt 1 tbsp of the butter in a heavy saucepan. Add the onion and saute until golden.
Then add the meat and stir until it is well browned.
Add the tomato sauce, wine, 1 tsp of the salt, pepper and nutmeg. Cover and cook 20 minutes.
When the potatoes are done, peel and mash them in a bowl. Warm the cream and add along with the remaining butter and salt. Mix well with a rotary beater.
Spread half the potatoes over the bottom of the buttered casserole, cover with meat sauce, and spread the remaining potatoes on top. Sprinkle with grated cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until potatoes are browned.
Here are several:
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Moussaka - A Greek Casserole
1 clove garlic
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 lb. ground chuck
1 bay leaf, crumbled
1 tsp. sage
Salt and pepper
6 c. thinly sliced, peeled potatoes
1 c. sliced onion
1 (16 oz.) can tomatoes
Paprika
Grated cheese
Brown 1/2 garlic clove in vegetable oil in skillet. Discard
garlic and brown meat in oil; slowly, with bay leaf and sage. Stir
with fork to break up meat. Add 1 teaspoon salt and dash of pepper.
Remove meat and brown remaining sliced garlic in drippings. Remove
garlic. Add potatoes and brown, stirring often. Add onion and 2
teaspoons salt. Arrange layers of potato mixture, meat, and
tomatoes in 2 1/2 quart casserole. Top layers should be tomato and
potato. Sprinkle with paprika. Top with grated cheese. Bake at 375
degrees for 1 hour or until done.