Further adventures in really bad food photography from the 1970's!
Ingredients
2 cups sweet potatoes, mashed
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons chopped green pepper
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups beef bouillon, heated
2 cups cooked lamb, cubed
2/3 cup diced celery
2/3 cup diced carrots
4-ounce can whole mushrooms, drained
1/4 teaspoon crushed rosemary
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Directions
Preheat oven to 400°. Add brown sugar, 2 tablespoons butter and 1/4 teaspoon salt to mashed sweet potatoes; reserve. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a skillet and sauté onions and green pepper. Blend in flour and cook over low heat 3 minutes. Slowly add hot bouillon, stirring and cooking until the consistency of a thin sauce. Add lamb, celery, carrots, mushrooms, rosemary, salt and pepper. Turn into a greased casserole. Arrange sweet potatoes around the edge (use a pastry tube for a more decorative effect). Bake for 20 minutes or until potatoes are lightly browned.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 1 hour
Approximate calories per serving: 430
Suggested Menu
Shepherd's Pie
Green Peas and Onions
Minted Apple Sauce
Chocolate Cake
Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973
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rated:)
Or, maybe not. (As everyone knows, I live in Mexico, and have been hard-pressed to find good sources of meat.....)
Oven is back on.
There isn't a single Shepherd in it! =o)
It's not a bad photograph until you factor in the horrible colors and lack of contrast in mid-tone values.
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Mmmmmmmmm. Delicious. Wonder how we survived without the sweet potato trimming!!
"use a pastry tube for a more decorative effect"
Will do recipe card, you magical item!!!! Will do!!
:)
Hopeful
Was it necessary to color coordinate the food with the appliances in the 70's?
Harvest colors, very popular at the time. I recall owning an avocado green refrigerator and cooking on ranges that were that baby shit shade of yellow.
This one is labeled "16" C'mon, fess-up --you've been eating off these for years! (and I'm jealous!)
Having said that: are you available to make treats for us on Sunday?
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/photo/Sweet-Potato-Shepherds-Pie-355391