HUNGARIAN SHEPHERDS GOULASH

HUNGARIAN SHEPHERDS GOULASH- As the name, SHEPHERDS, should indicate, this dish is made from lamb or mutton.

Ingredients:

1 lb.lamb, mutton or mixed meat

1/2 lb. onions

1/2 lb. tomatoes

 1/2 lb sweet peppers

2 Tbsps butter

Paprika

Salt

Method:

Dice the onions and cut the butter into small pieces. Put these together into the bottom of a casserole, and then add the cored and sliced peppers, the diced meat, salt and plenty of paprika. Cover and cook in a hot oven (400 F.) for about two hours.

Just two variations to this:

·   Add 1/2 lb. sauerkraut at the beginning.

·   Add diced raw potatoes and 1 cup water.

©Al (Alex-Alexander) D. Girvan. All rights reserved.

Hamburger Pie with Potato Topping (SHEPHERDS PIE- US Style)

Hamburger Pie with Potato Topping (SHEPHERDS PIE- US Style) 
I realize that it doesn't make much sense; but people in the United States of the  Americans have never much liked lamb or mutton, because it is seen as a peasant food. So, in US kitchens, and especially in US restaurant kitchens, Shepherds pie (much like "Chinese Chop Suey)has come to mean a way to clean out the fridge of leftovers and other garbage. The most common ingredients are left over meats and vegetables, of any type, and hamburger.

           

            Combine cut-up cooked meat or hamburger with gravy. Add cooked peas, carrots, green beans, or what have you. Pour hot into a casserole. Make a ring of seasoned mashed potatoes around the edge of the casserole. Bake in hot oven, (400 F.) about 20 minutes. 
©Al (Alex-Alexander)D. Girvan 1995. All rights reserved