Baked potatoes with meat

This winter dish should be hot and hearty – this casserole just like that. Take this recipe as a basis and prepare a dish to your liking: add mushrooms or peppers, make cheese crust or use a different stuffing.

INGREDIENTS

For filling:

• 500g minced beef
• 1 medium onion
• 2 small carrots
• 1/2 cup frozen corn
• 1/2 cup frozen green peas
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1/4 cup beef broth or water
• 2 h. L. tomato paste
• 1 h. L. dried thyme
• olive oil
• salt, freshly ground black pepper

For mashed potatoes:

• 6 medium potatoes
• 1 small head of garlic
• 100 g butter
• 2 tbsp. l. grated cheese
• 1 / 4-1 / 2 cup milk
• salt, freshly ground black pepper

Step by step recipe for cooking

Step 1

Cut head of garlic in half crosswise, a little salt and olive oil, lubricate the cut. Wrap in foil and place in oven preheated to 200 ° C. Bake for 20-25 minutes.

Step 2

Peel the potatoes and boil in salted water until tender.

Step 3

While the potatoes are cooked, prepare the stuffing. Peel the onions, garlic and carrots. Onions cut into cubes, carrots grate, chop the garlic. Preheat a frying pan in olive oil and fry the onions until golden brown. Add the garlic and carrot and continue to fry for 3 minutes. Then put into the pan and fry beef, breaking up lumps spatula.

Step 4

When beef browned, pour in broth or water, add the peas and corn, tomato paste and thyme, season with salt and pepper. Put the stuffing in a baking dish.

step 5

When the potatoes are ready, drain and return the potatoes to the pan, put on a very low heat. A bit dry. Squeeze in a baked potato and garlic using to mash into a puree, add half of the butter and cheese. Little by little, just blow hot milk until a thick puree. Season with salt and pepper.

step 6

Transfer the puree to the stuffing and smooth. Remaining butter cut into small cubes and place on top. Put the form in the oven, preheated to 175 ° C and bake for 30 minutes. until golden brown.