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Menu Plan for Spring I: Week 4, Thursday

Cheesy Beef and Potato Pie (Crustless)

Cooking time:  45 minutes for menu      Cooking schedule: see below for instructions

           Everything is cooked before going into the oven so it's just a matter of melding the flavors and cooking the eggs to bind it all together. It's a bit like a quiche, without the batter.... For small amounts of stock I use beef paste or part of a stock cube.

Cheesy Beef and Potato Pie (Crustless)

Total time: 45 minutes
   Vegetables, meat and cheese, bound together with beaten eggs makes a simple but flavorful one-dish dinner.  It's like pie, but without the crust.  

 Ingredients:

• 2 medium potatoes
• 10oz (300gr) ground beef
• 1 onion
• 1 red bell pepper, medium-size
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 tbs oil
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1/4 cup (2oz, 60ml) beef stock  substitute chicken stock or red wine
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1/2 cup (2oz, 60gr) shredded cheese

 Instructions:

• Roughly chop onion and pepper. 
• Mince garlic. 
• Cut potatoes in half the long way then slice thinly. 
• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. 
• Add potatoes and toss to coat with oil.  Sauté potatoes for 5 minutes. 
• Add the onions, peppers, garlic and continue to sauté until all vegetables are lightly browned, about 10 minutes longer. 
• Add the beef stock, cover and cook for 5 minutes. 
• Put vegetables in a baking dish, (9 inch, 23cm, square. 
• Return pan to heat and add beef, paprika and oregano.  Brown beef, breaking it up as it cooks. 
• When beef is done, spread it over potatoes. 
• Sprinkle cheese evenly over beef. 
• In a medium bowl whisk eggs and Worcestershire. 
• Pour eggs evenly over the cheese. 
• Bake at 400F (200C) until eggs are set, 15  - 18 minutes.  Serve.

Cooking schedule: 45 minutes Assemble all food, utensils and serving dishes Utensils: measuring cups, spoons, knives, large skillet, baking dish, medium bowl, whisk Turn oven on, 400F (200C) Slice potatoes, sauté Chop onion, pepper, mince garlic Add onions, peppers, garlic to potatoes, sauté Shred the cheese if needed

Stir the vegetables, wait for them to cook Add stock to vegetables, cover, cook Remove vegetables to baking dish Brown beef, paprika, oregano Whisk eggs Add beef to vegetables, sprinkle with cheese Pour eggs over, bake      Pause while it bakes Remove and serve

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