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Upside-down Parmentier

Name: Upside-down Parmentier
Prep time: 5 h 47 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 6 h 7 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 400 g beef; 400 g potato purée; 500 ml red wine; Sage; 1 carrot; 1 shallot; 1 garlic clove; 2 bayleaves; ½ teaspoon cornflour; Salt; Pepper

Parmentier is a French version of shepherd's pie. This variation has slow-cooked meat on top of the mashed potato (purée), instead of underneath. A red-wine sauce adds the finishing touch.

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Duration

6 hours 7 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: November 6^th 2011

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 4 people, you will need:

1 400 g beef
2 400 g potato purée
3 500 ml red wine
4 Sage
5 1 carrot
6 1 shallot
7 1 garlic clove
8 2 bayleaves
9 ½ teaspoon cornflour
10 Salt
11 Pepper
Total weight: 1,520 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

5 hours 50 min.

Cooking

20 min.

All in all

6 hours 7 min.

Preparation 5 hours 50 min.

Cooking 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 4 hours 45 min.

Cook 400 g beef slowly in red wine.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 50 min.

Prepare 400 g potato purée.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 7 min.

Take 4 tablespoons of the cooking juices and pour this over the meat. Mix well and reheat on low heat.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 20 min.

Reduce the remaining cooking juices by half in a small pan. Check seasoning.

Add ½ teaspoon cornflour while whisking to thicken the sauce.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 5 min.

Heat the serving plates.

Place two tablespoons of mashed potato in the centre of the plate. Arrange the meat on top and coat with sauce.

Remarks

Both the meat and potatoes can be prepared the day before, even a few days in advance.

Keeping: 2-3 minutes once assembled.

Source: Nanou.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	11 g RDI=17 %	52 g RDI=20 %	43 g RDI=59 %	672 kcal RDI=34 %	2,817 kJ RDI=34 %
Per person	42 g RDI=66 %	200 g RDI=76 %	164 g RDI=225 %	2,556 kcal RDI=128 %	10,702 kJ RDI=128 %
Whole recipe	170 g RDI=262 %	803 g RDI=303 %	656 g RDI=899 %	10,224 kcal RDI=511 %	42,807 kJ RDI=511 %