Serbian Ground Beef, Veggie, and Potato Bake

Ingredients

• 1 cube beef bouillon from cube 
• 0.8 teaspoon pepper black
• 1  carrots shredded
• 2  celery stalks chopped
• 0.3 teaspoon pepper red crushed
• 1  bell pepper green chopped
• 1 pound ground beef 
• 1 pinch ground cinnamon 
• 1 pinch ground cloves 
• 2 tablespoons half-and-half 
• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 1  onion chopped
• 0.5 tablespoon paprika 
• 2  potatoes peeled sliced
• 0.1 cup red wine 
• 0.5 teaspoon salt 
• 0.3 cup water 

Equipment

• frying pan
• oven
• casserole dish

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a casserole dish.
2. In a skillet over medium heat, cook the beef until evenly brown.
3. Remove beef from skillet, reserving juices, and set aside.
4. Mix in the olive oil, and saute the green pepper, onion, carrot, and celery until tender.
5. Return beef to the skillet, and season with paprika, salt, black pepper, red pepper, cinnamon, and cloves. Stir in the water and red wine until heated through. Dissolve the beef bouillon cube into the mixture.
6. Remove skillet from heat, and mix in the half-and-half.
7. Layer the bottom of the prepared casserole dish with enough potato slices to cover.
8. Place the beef and vegetable mixture over the potatoes, and top with remaining potatoes.
9. Cook, covered, 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the potatoes are tender.