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Corned Beef and Cabbage Shepherd's Pie

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340 min

Corned Beef and Cabbage Shepherd's Pie

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Category

Pie Recipes

Time

340 min

Serving

8 persons

Calories

664

Rating

5.00★ (33)

Cuisine

Author: Victoria Buriak
This is a combination of my favorite corned beef and cabbage recipe, and my favorite shepherd's pie recipe. It involves a few extra steps when compared to your traditional boiled beef dinner, but the payoff at the end is well worth the extra effort. By layering the ingredients in a casserole dish, each serving has the perfect proportions of beef, cabbage, carrots, and potatoes.

Ingredients

  • corned beef brisket with spice packet: 1 piece (4 pound)
  • medium yellow onion, thickly: 1 piece (sliced)
  • stalks celery: 2 piece (cut into 1-inch pieces)
  • quarts cold water, or as needed to cover: 3 piece
  • kosher salt: (to taste)
  • heads Savoy cabbage, cored and: 2 piece (cut into 2-inch pieces)
  • medium carrots, thickly: 3 piece (sliced)
  • russet potatoes, quartered: 5 piece
  • unsalted butter, cut into slices: 0.5 cup
  • black pepper: (to taste, freshly ground)
  • pinch cayenne pepper: 1 piece (to taste)
  • milk: 1 cup
  • Irish Cheddar cheese, plus more: 0.75 cup (to taste, grated)
  • scallions: 1 Tbsp (to taste, chopped)

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  1. Put corned beef in a pot with onion and celery and sprinkle spice packet over top. Pour in cold water to cover. Turn heat to high and bring to a boil. Skim off and discard any foam if desired. Once boiling, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer gently until tender, about 3 1/2 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
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  2. Carefully remove corned beef to a bowl and let cool. Taste broth and add salt if needed.
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  3. Bring broth to a boil over high heat. Add cabbage to the boiling broth. Cook until cabbage just starts to soften and sweeten up, about 5 minutes. Use a slotted spoon and remove cabbage to a bowl.
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  4. Add carrots to the boiling broth. Cook until carrots start to soften, about 5 minutes. Use a slotted spoon and remove carrots to a bowl.
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  5. Add potatoes to the boiling broth and reduce heat to medium. Cook until tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
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  6. While the potatoes are cooking, slice the cooled corned beef along the fatty seam to separate into 2 pieces. Identify the direction of the meat fibers and cut across them (against the grain) to slice into 1/4-inch thick slices, trimming off and discarding any giant pieces of fat. Set aside.
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  7. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a 9x15-inch casserole dish.
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  8. Use a slotted spoon and remove cooked potatoes to a bowl. Reserve broth. Add butter, salt, pepper, cayenne, and milk to the potatoes. Mix and mash until very smooth. Toss in 3/4 cup Cheddar cheese and mix until incorporated.
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  9. Pour cabbage into the prepared casserole dish and press on it until nicely compacted. Evenly distribute and press carrots over the cabbage. Place a nice, even layer of corned beef on top, overlapping a bit and distributing the nice fatty pieces evenly until fully covered. Pour in 1 cup of the reserved broth. Dollop mashed potatoes over top, then spread into a uniform layer with the back of a spatula. Switch to a fork and push potatoes to the edge of the dish. Then drag the fork sideways back and forth over the potatoes to create a texture. Repeat this texture going top to bottom over the potatoes. Sprinkle with a little more Cheddar.
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  10. Bake in the center of the preheated oven until beautifully browned and piping hot, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
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  11. Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 minutes.
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  12. Meanwhile, warm any remaining broth over medium-low heat.
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  13. Cut Shepherd's pie into squares and garnish with scallions. Serve with warmed broth. Unknown
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