I told Gnome that I had a new recipe called “Shepherd’s Pork and Mango Pie.”

Gnome: Is there any “Shepherd’s Pie” to this meal?

(Gnome is referring to the well-known dish of baked minced beef topped with mashed potato).

Munchkin: Yes, the mashed potato on top.

Gnome: Well, there you go.  One can not go against the word of a Munchkin!  Shepherd’s Pie, it is…a la Munchkin!

(Gnome distinctly dislikes using French terms…I think he was being facetious, if you ask me).

So, here we go:  This dish is made with minced (ground) pork (instead of beef) and mango (instead of the tomatoes in Shepherd’s Pie) and shiitake mushrooms (instead of button mushrooms).  This gives it a sweet, tangy exotic taste.  It is baked and topped with mashed potato with coconut cream (instead of butter).

The authentic part of the recipe is the potato!

I used these little wild mangoes for this recipe; as they say here in Belize they are Sweet Sweet Sweet!

A bit like Shepherd’s Pie, don’t you think?

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