Shepherds Pie Recipe

by Jennifer Cheung
(Kidspot.com.au)

Healthified Shepherd's Pie

Comfort food at it’s best.. In this shepherds pie recipe, flavourful ground meat is mixed with a simple blend of peas, onions, carrots and garlic.

It is worth waiting to experience the whole dish together. Ground beef and vegetables may not seem like anything special. But when combined with the potato puree into Shepherd’s Pie, the result is the type of home cooked meal all of us wish was waiting for us at the end of a long day.

Shepherds Pie Recipe

Ingredients:

1kg potatoes, peeled and cubed

2 tbsp light sour cream

1 egg yolk

2 tbsp olive oil

1 kg lean beef mince

2 garlic cloves, crushed

1 onion diced

2 carrots, peeled and diced

1/2 cup frozen baby peas

2 tbsp low-fat margarine

2 tbsp plain flour

2 cups chicken stock

2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

3 tbsp seeded mustard

1 tsp paprika

Preparation:

• Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water and bring to the boil. Salt and cook until tender.

• In a frying pan, cook the beef for 5 minutes and then add the onion, carrots and garlic.

• Cook for a further 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir the peas through and remove from heat and set aside.

• In a separate frying pan, heat the low-fat margarine and when bubbling sprinkle in the flour and stir until it starts to brown.

• Add the Worcestershire sauce and whisk in the chicken stock, cooking until thickened.

• Add the seeded mustard and whisk in.

• Preheat the oven to 180°C.

• Pour the sauce into the beef mix and spoon into a casserole dish.

• Drain and mash the potatoes until smooth. Stir through the egg yolk and sour cream. Spoon mashed potato over the lamb and sprinkle with paprika.

• Bake for 20 minutes until the top is slightly golden.

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Original Shepherds Pie Recipe