Hachis parmentier


Hachis parmentier
This is the French answer (meat with mashed potato and cheese) to the English cottage or shepherd's pie: a typical family recipe which is an excellent way of using up leftover meat. The proportions are vague here: you need "whatever you have left over"...
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Last modified on: February 21th 2011
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 45 min.
Cooking: 40 min.
All in all: 1 hour 25 min.
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Stage 1 - 5 min.
Hachis parmentier
Preheat the oven to 180°C or 356°F.

Prepare and chop 1 shallot.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
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Wash and chop 1 bunch parsley.

Stage 3 - 3 min.
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Grate cheese.

Stage 4 - 5 min.
Hachis parmentier
Cut 500 g cooked meat (here it's leftover chicken) into small pieces.

Stage 5 - 2 min.
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Put 2 tablespoons oil in a pan on medium heat, then add the chopped shallot and cook for a minute or two.

Stage 6 - 5 min.
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Add the meat, salt and pepper then cook for approximately 5 minutes while stirring well.

Stage 7 - 5 min.
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Remove the pan from heat, then add 2 eggs.

Stage 8
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... while stirring vigorously.

Stage 9 - 1 min.
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Add parsley.

Stage 10
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Mix again

Stage 11 - 3 min.
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Butter a large dish.

Stage 12 - 5 min.
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In the bottom put a layer of mashed potato (approximately 1 cm or ½ inch thick).

Stage 13 - 5 min.
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Add all the meat in another layer.

Stage 14 - 5 min.
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Cover with a second layer of mashed potato.

Stage 15 - 3 min.
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And finally add a fine layer of grated cheese.

Stage 16 - 30 min.
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Put in the oven for 20/30 minutes until the top is nicely browned.
Remarks
For a more sophisticated recipe, you can:
  • Make more than 4 layers of mashed potato-meat-mashed potato-cheese, for example mashed potato-meat-mashed potato-cheese-meat-mashed potato-cheese. You should, of course, finish with a layer of mashed potato sprinkled with cheese.
  • Add some cream to the mashed potatoes
  • Add some chopped ham or bacon to the meat


It is worth noting that French "purée" is softer and much richer that traditional British "mash", so makes more of a gratin topping than a pie crust.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.
Source: Home made, but Nanou taught me everything.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe220 RDI=90 %980 RDI=90 %860 RDI=130 %12,550 RDI=630 %52,560 RDI: 630 %
Per 100 g20 RDI=7 %80 RDI=8 %70 RDI=10 %1,090 RDI=50 %4,550 RDI: 50 %
Per person40 RDI=10 %160 RDI=20 %140 RDI=20 %2,090 RDI=110 %8,760 RDI: 110 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, egg
How much will it cost?
  • For 6 people : 4.85 €
  • Per person : 0.85 €

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