chicken shepherd's pie

I wonder this considered as chicken shepherd's pie or not.. it dont look attractive enough. Hmm... better improved my phototaking skill.. hehe...

Actually, I have requested a DJ Marilyn from pilihan fm to send me the recipe. hahaha.. tats was cool.. really thank her for that but i didnt fully follow her recipe.. just add and deduct some ingredient.. tats is called creative ya.. hehe

here comes the recipe.

Ingredient:

A)

3 to 4 potatoes (boiled and mashed)

B)

1tsp olive oil

1pc onion (chopped)

2 clove garlic (chopped)

250g minced chicken

100g white button mushroom (chopped)

1tsp sesame oil

1/2 tsp of soya sauce

a dashed of pepper

a dashed of salt

1 tbsp cornstarch

C)

100g cheddar cheese (shredded) or mozzarella cheese.

Methods:

1. boiled the potatoes till very soft and later mashed it.

2. line one layer of mashed potato on the casserole.

3. Pre-heat the oven to 180 deg. cel.

4. Heat oil in a saucepan, add in garlic and onion, stir-fry it, add minced chicken till half cooked. Add in button mushroom, sesame oil, soya sauce, pepper and salt. stirred the chicken mixture till cooked. if too watery add in cornstarch to thicken it.

5. spread the chicken mixture on the 1st layer of mashed potatoes. Top the remainin potatoes on the mixture.

6. drizzle the shredded cheese on the top and baked in the oven for 20 mins on 180 deg. cel.

Sausage n mushroom quiche

Another creation, actually i tried to make quiches before but i bought the crust pastry in the supermarket. As for now, I want to take the challenge to make the pastry myself. Well... its a simple ingredients and a simple ways to make it.

Short crust pastry:

200g flour (sifted) , 100g butter, 3 tbsp cold water

20g butter (for brushing the mould)

Filling:

1 or 2 pcs sausage (shredded),1 big onion(shredded), 3 eggs(whisked), 100ml milk, 3 to 4 pcs wild mushrooms (shredded), cut spinach (boiled)

Method:

1. Mixed the flour and the butter till it resembles bread crumbs. Mix in cold water one spoonful at a time to form dough. Rest for 30 mins before use.

2. Mixed all ingredient for the fillings in one big bowl.

3. Prepare the pastry mould and buttered inside. And press the pastry to the mould, later pour the fillings to it.

4. Bake the quiche in the oven for 25 to 30 mins at 190 deg. cel. till golden brown and cooked.