Ingredients

  • 750 g ground beef (that's 1/3 of a 5 lb chub)
  • 1 white onion, diced
  • 3 stalks celery, sliced
  • 450 g mushrooms, cubed
  • 100 g frozen peas
  • 100 g frozen lima beans
  • 100 g frozen French-cut green beans
  • 1 (284 ml) can condensed beef broth
  • 5 ml montreal steak spice
  • 45 ml HP steak sauce
  • 3 ml Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 turnip, peeled and cubed
  • 900 g red potatoes, peeled and cubed
  • 30 ml butter
  • 60 ml milk
  • 5 ml garlic salt
  • 30 ml dried chives

Method

  • Set the oven to 400F.
  • Boil a large pot of water, add turnips and potatoes.
  • In a large wok or saucepan, fry ground beef until cooked, lift out beef and use fat to fry onions.
  • When onions begin to caramelize, add celery and continue to fry.
  • When celery is cooked, add mushrooms and continue to fry.
  • Put beef back in pan, add peas, lima beans, green beans, broth, Montreal Steak Spice, HP sauce, and Worcestershire sauce.
  • Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  • Drain potatoes and turnip, mash them.
  • Add butter, milk, garlic salt, and chives, mix and mash thoroughly.
  • Grease a 13x9 pan with butter.
  • Pour in meat and vegetables, pack them down flat and even across pan.
  • Spread mashed potatoes on top.
  • I like to use plastic trowels to first get the top perfectly flat, and then use a notched trowel to put a wavy texture on it.
  • The pie may be covered with foil and refrigerated at this point if you wish.
  • Bake at 400F for 35 minutes, preferably with a convection fan, turning the pan around halfway through to brown the topping evenly.