{"id":629,"date":"2017-11-21T08:57:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/?p=629"},"modified":"2026-06-18T20:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T20:12:42","slug":"gravy-train-country-pie-shepherdss-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2017\/11\/21\/gravy-train-country-pie-shepherdss-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamburger &amp; Gravy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block wp-block-post-title block-editor-block-list__block editor-post-title editor-post-title__input rich-text has-fixed-toolbar\" style=\"text-align: center;\" role=\"textbox\" contenteditable=\"true\" aria-label=\"Add title\" aria-multiline=\"true\">aka Gravy Train<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Yield: 3-4 Servings<\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Scott Nowell<\/h6>\n<p>1994: A throwback to school days in the 60\u2019s. This was officially called Hamburg &amp; Gravy in high school, the students called it Gravy Train, after the dog-food brand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>For mushrooms:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">4<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">oz mushrooms, sliced<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">TBS butter<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For meat:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">lb 10% ground beef<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">\u00bd<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">medium onion, diced medium fine<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"quantity\">1<\/span><span class=\"ingredient-name\">cup of beef broth<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">butter, divided<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">olive oil<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">salt and pepper<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"id-ingredient-name\">Kitchen Bouquet, optional<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>Mushrooms &amp; Onions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Add 1 TBS of <strong>butter<\/strong> to a large saut\u00e9 pan over medium-high heat. When foaming stops add <strong>mushrooms <\/strong>onion, and a pinch of salt. Cook until onions are translucent, for about 5 minutes. Remove to medium bowl.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meat:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brown the <strong>beef<\/strong> over medium high heat. Drain the <strong>fat<\/strong> from the <strong>beef<\/strong> and return the\u00a0mushrooms and onions to the pan with the beef.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sauce:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Add the <strong>beef stock<\/strong> and stir. Bring to boil, reduce to simmer. If too thin, simmer until reduced by half, a light sauce consistency. To darken, add a few drops of <strong>Kitchen Bouquet<\/strong>. To finish, remove from heat and stir in 1-2 TBS of butter into the sauce.<\/p>\n<p>Taste and adjust <strong>seasoning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Serve with:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"332\"><strong>Vegetable<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"291\"><strong>Starch<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"332\">Green Beans<\/td>\n<td width=\"291\">Mashed Potato (Gravy Train)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"332\">Broccoli<\/td>\n<td width=\"291\">Baked Potato<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"332\">Corn<\/td>\n<td width=\"291\">French Fried Potatoes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"332\">Green Salad<\/td>\n<td width=\"291\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>aka Gravy Train Yield: 3-4 Servings Scott Nowell 1994: A throwback to school days in the 60\u2019s. This was officially called Hamburg &amp; Gravy in high school, the students called it Gravy Train, after the dog-food brand.\u00a0 For mushrooms: 4oz mushrooms, sliced 1TBS butter For meat: 1lb 10% ground beef \u00bdmedium onion, diced medium fine 1cup of beef broth butter, divided olive oil salt and pepper Kitchen Bouquet, optional Mushrooms &amp; Onions: Add 1 TBS of butter to a large&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/2017\/11\/21\/gravy-train-country-pie-shepherdss-pie\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[42,132,158],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-beef","tag-hamburg","tag-mushrooms"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56421,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions\/56421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nowellfamily.org\/cookbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}