This is a wonderful dish for winter time, it’s the Argentinian recipe for the Shepperds (or Shepherds) pie also called Poor Mans Pie. It is simply a beef and potato layered “cake”, it is easy to make and as good as simple.

Here are the meat layer ingredients
1 Chopped Yellow Onion
1 Chopped Red Pepper
1 lb Ground Beef
2 Tablespoons of Chopped Garlic
2 Tablespoon of Olive Oil
1/4 Tablespoon of Paprika
1/4 Cup of Red Wine
1 Teaspoon of Cumin
1 Tablespoon of Chopped Parsley
1/4 Cup of Raisins
2 Hard Boiled Eggs
Salt & Pepper

For the mashed potato layer
2 lb of Potatoes
1/4 Hot Milk or Cream
3 Tablespoons of Butter
Salt & Pepper
In a hot saucepan add the the oil, then the onions & red pepper, cook for 1 minute, and add the ground meat. Stir until the meat is cooked, add the wine, and wait until the alcohol evaporates. Add salt, black pepper, cumin, and paprika. Cover and let cook for 10 minutes. Add the parsley, the garlic and set aside until cold.
Add the raisins and the eggs (cut in little pieces). Set aside.

Bring water to a boiling point in a big casserole, peel the potatoes and put them in the boiling water. Let cook until soft (poke the potatoes with a fork, they have to be tender), do not overcook them because they absorb to much water and your mashed potatoes will be watery and tasteless.
Secret: if you add a tablespoon of vinegar the potatoes will not absorb so much water.

To prepare good mashed potatoes is relatively easy. Just remember; do not over cook  the potatoes~ and use a good mashing potatoes tool.

Secret II: Never use a food processor for potatoes, if you do it ; the starch structure from the potatoes will brake and your mashed potatoes will become gummy and liquid and you do not want that.
secret III: Drain all the water
secret IV: The potatoes must be hot to be mashed and add 1/4 of hot milk or cream and 3 tablespoons of butter before mashing.

Turn the oven to 350F -180C
Place the cooked beef mix in an oven proof glass or ceramic wear (oil sprayed), add the mashed potatoes on top, prepare an egg wash (one egg yolk plus 1 tablespoon of water),
brush the mashed potatoes top, put in the oven for 30 minutes or until gold.
You can add chopped green olives to the beef mix, they match perfectly.