{"id":7971,"date":"2026-02-15T18:55:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:55:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:55:05","slug":"shepherds-pie-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/pork\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/shepherds-pie-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Shepherds Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1 pound lean ground beef<br \/>\n8 ounce hot italian sausages<br \/>\n16 ounce whole peeled tomatoes<br \/>\n1 1\/2 C. sliced fresh mushrooms<br \/>\n1 clove garlic, minced<br \/>\n2 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar<br \/>\n1 C. frozen peas<br \/>\n1 Tbsp. chopped fresh basil or 1\/2 tsp. dried basil<br \/>\n1 tsp. salt<br \/>\n1\/4 tsp. dried oregano, crumbled<br \/>\nfresh ground pepper to Tbsp.<br \/>\n2 pound potatoes<br \/>\n3\/4 C. milk<br \/>\n1\/2 C. grated parmesan cheese<br \/>\n6 Tbsp. butter, room temp.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Place ground beef and sausages in a medium skillet. Cook, breaking up beef, over  medium high heat until meat loses some of its pink color and releases juices. Add  tomatoes, mushrooms, garlic and vinegar. Simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally and  breaking up tomatoes, for about 10 minutes. Stir in peas, basil, 1\/2 tsp. salt, oregano  and pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Meanwhile, boil potatoes in  water to cover until tender, for about 20 minutes. Drain potatoes and transfer to large  mixing bowl. Beat in milk, cheese, butter, remaining 1\/2 tsp. salt and pepper to  taste; continue to beat until smooth. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spoon meat mixture into 2  quart shallow casserole. Spoon potato mixture on top and spread evenly to edge. Bake  until golden and bubbling, about 45-50 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.&quot; (Matthew 5:6)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pork<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/pork\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/shepherds-pie-5\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pork"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/pork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/pork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/pork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/pork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/pork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/pork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/pork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/pork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/pork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}