Mini Shepherds Pies

This recipe is a simple and fun take on Shepherds Pie. This recipe will make 12+ mini pies, but you could halve the recipe pretty simply. These freeze well so you may want to make the whole batch and freeze them for quick suppers later on. You will have left over biscuits. Just bake them as you normally would and enjoy them with some butter and jam for dessert! I hope you enjoy these mini shepherds pies!

Mini Shepherds Pies

Ingredients:

1 lb. lean ground beef

1/2 med onion, diced

1 clove garlic, minced

1 c frozen pea, corn, or green beans

1 15oz can tomato sauce

1/2 tsp. season salt

Salt/pepper to taste

1 1/4 c water

1 1/4 c mashed potato flakes

1 c shredded cheese

1 tsp. dried parsley flakes

2 cans of refrigerated Grands biscuits, 8 count each

Directions:

In a large/deep skillet brown ground beef, onion and garlic. Cook until onion is tender. Add in the tomato sauce, vegetables (you don’t need to thaw them first), season salt. Cook on medium heat until tomato mixture has reduced and thickened. See pics.

Set hamburger mixture aside. In a sauce pan bring 1 1/4 c water to a boil. Stir in mashed potato flakes and remove from heat. Add in your shredded cheese and parsley flakes. Give them a little taste and season with salt and pepper as needed.

Spray your muffin pan/s with non-stick cooking spray. Press one biscuit into each cup and up the sides. make sure you have a bit of over hang on the top. See Pics.

Fill each cup with your HOT meat mixture. (if you need to reheat your meat mixture please do so. You want it to be hot or the biscuit might remain to dough on the inside.) I used a standard sized Ice Cream scoop, but you can just eye ball it. You want it to be heaping. See pics.

Using a butter knife spread your mashed potato mixture over the tops just like your frosting a cupcake. Make sure to get it completely down to the biscuit edges. This will help create a seal.

Bake in a 375 for 20 – 25 minutes or until biscuit edges are golden brown.

*FREEZER Note: Cool completely before freezing. To reheat frozen pies place them on a greased baking sheet in the oven at 375 until heated thru. abt 15 minutes.