Sunday night we made a kind of Mexican Shepard's pie. It was...interesting. The recipe, which I actually am unsure if it is the exact same one we used, can be found
here. (We have a thing in my family where if a recipe is bad we just throw it away. Well, my brother didn't really like it, so it got tossed. I loved it...) It is basically a ground meat and tomato based dish with a sweet potato puree as a topper. It was actually pretty good, although the sweet potatoes became a kind of mushy mess, similar to baby food from a jar. My mom was being creative and played with a pastry bag (HEY! That's my job!) and did a fancy topper with the potatoes. You don't have to do the same thing, you can just spread them on top. Also, we left out the Worcestershire sauce by mistake, but I am not really sure if that had much of an affect. Another change, if you use regular potatoes it might turn out with a sturdier topping to it. The last change that was made was using 2T Gluten Free flour instead of the normal flour used. When using a little flour for a thickener, you can just substitute your flour 1:1. If doing something like baking, look up a ratio online.
Also, my mom and I finally surrendered. We bought Xanthum gum. When my mom was transferring it to another container, she spilled a bit. I was playing around and put some on my finger. BIG MISTAKE. That stuff will stick with you for a LONG TIME. I had to wipe it onto a towel before my hands were completely clean. I will experiment with this soon and give an update :D
Sunday night we made a kind of Mexican Shepard's pie. It was...interesting. The recipe, which I actually am unsure if it is the exact same one we used, can be found here. (We have a thing in my family where if a recipe is bad we just throw it away. Well, my brother didn't really like it, so it got tossed. I loved it...) It is basically a ground meat and tomato based dish with a sweet potato puree as a topper. It was actually pretty good, although the sweet potatoes became a kind of mushy mess, similar to baby food from a jar. My mom was being creative and played with a pastry bag (HEY! That's my job!) and did a fancy topper with the potatoes. You don't have to do the same thing, you can just spread them on top. Also, we left out the Worcestershire sauce by mistake, but I am not really sure if that had much of an affect. Another change, if you use regular potatoes it might turn out with a sturdier topping to it. The last change that was made was using 2T Gluten Free flour instead of the normal flour used. When using a little flour for a thickener, you can just substitute your flour 1:1. If doing something like baking, look up a ratio online.
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