Saturday night is usually take away night but last night we decided to put one of Mr Hyde’s Christmas presents to use, the pizza stone! So Saturday fake away it was, home made Pizzas.
We used Jamie Oliver’s recipe for the dough (Link is here) and added stuff we had in the house along with mozzarella. It only took minutes to cook and was bloody lovely! The dough does take an hour to prove so handy to start before you’re really hungry.
My mince is a family favourite, especially as a shepherd’s pie. I know shepherd’s pie is made with lamb mince and cottage pie is made from beef mince and has vegetables in it but out of habit I always say shepherd’s pie even though I make it with beef.
I buy my meat from a local butcher so I know it is quite lean, usually I drain mince when cooking with it but not for my mince, the little amount of fat that comes out with cooking is the basis of the flavour. A couple of stock cubes added really makes the difference. My mince recipe is here. Top it with mashed potato (even better if you use a ricer) and grated cheese and there you have a Shepherd’s Pie.
Hungry Hyde Household 