Awesome Shepards Pie

Just made a special shepards pie, it was quite good so here is the recipe:

1 lb potatos (Optionally you can peel the potatoes but I think the skin is good)
1/2 lb ground beef
1 can kidney beans (drained)
1 can corn (drained)
salt
~7 tbsp butter
~ 1/3 cup milk
1 small red bell pepper
4 cloves garlic
1 yellow onion
cumin
chili powder
oil (vegetable or olive)
6 strips of bacon
tin foil

So this shepards pie has a lot of set up but then it all comes together really fast. To speed up set up you should do all the "Set Up" steps below simultaneously but I will describe them one by one. Preheat oven to 200 C ( 400F).

Garlic Mashed Potatos
Set a small pot of water to boil with salt. Peel garlic and cut in half the long way. Make a little flat box out of tin foil and put the garlic in one layer then add some oil so they are completely coated. Place in the toaster for about 15-20 minutes or whenever garlic becomes soft. Wash potatoes and cut off bad parts. Cut into rough pieces. (to speed up cooking time put in microwave for 6-7 minutes) put potatoes in boiling water. When they are soft drain then add milk, butter, and salt. Take the roasted garlic from the tin foil and cut into small pieces then add to potatoes and mash til smooth. If needed add extra milk salt and butter until they taste good.

Meat Mixture
Cut onion into rings and then quarter the rings. Put in frying pan with 2-3 tbsp butter and cook on medium heat. When onions start to turn translucent add the ground beef. Once the beef starts to brown add cumin, chili powder and salt as much as you like of each. Cook until beef is browned then remove and put on cutting board. Further dice the onion and meet mixture until they are in small bits.

Bacon Mixture
On medium low heat cook some bacon strips. Cut up red pepper then dice until small pea size cubes. Cook bacon until starts to brown (not yet crispy). Remove bacon and dice until it is also in very small pieces. Pour some of the bacon grease into the baking pan that you are going to cook the pie in. Use a tissue to grease the pan with the bacon grease. Mix the bacon and red pepper.

Assembly:
Take 2/5 the mashed potatoes and make a potato layer on the bottom using a spoon to smooth out the potatoes. Then add the layer of the meat and onions. Followed by the corn and then the beans. Finally add the bacon and peppers. Cover the top with the rest of the mashed potatoes so that they form a solid top layer. Place in oven on a shelf nearer to the bottom and cook until the edges and tops of the potatoes start to brown (~20-25 mins)

And enjoy!


PS, after further review I found a key ingredient that needs to be added. The pie tends to get dried out quickly and as a leftover was very dry, to solve this problem add a cup of water and 1/2 a beef bullion cube.