Italian-style Shepherd's Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 teaspoons beef bouillon granules
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans del monte stewed tomatoes, broken up with juice
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 cup pizza sauce, i used 1 packet boboli
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can green beans, drained
• 6 cups mashed potatoes (homemade or instant)
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 egg, beaten
• paprika

Recipe

• 1 in deep frying pan, sauté ground beef and onion until done. drain grease.
• 2 add rest of ingredients except last 4 (mashed potatoes, parmesan cheese, egg and paprika.).
• 3 *best to fold in the green beans lastly, too, so they don't get all broken up.
• 4 mix well, and bring to a boil.
• 5 cook and fold/stir for 2-3 minutes.(be careful not to wreck the green beans.).
• 6 pour into lightly greased baking dish, shallow or deep, it doesn't really matter so long as it all fits.
• 7 stir beaten egg and parmesan cheese into prepared mashed potatoes. *make sure potatoes are cool enough, though, so when you mix in the egg you don't end up with scrambled egg pieces, and stir in quickly.
• 8 top pie/casserole with mashed potato concoction.
• 9 you can spread it on, or do dollops, or even pipe it on with a pastry bag and tip to make it pretty.
• 10 sprinkle tops of potatoes with a little paprika for color.
• 11 bake, uncovered, in 350 oven for for about 40 minutes until bubbly and potatoes are just lightly browned on the tops.