Description
Shepherd’s pie with a mashed potato top. From Your Daily Hit.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pounds (900g) potatoes, peeled and chunked
- 4 tablespoons (56g) butter
- 1/3 cup (80ml) milk
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 carrots, diced
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 1/2 pounds (680g) ground lamb or beef
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 cup (240ml) beef broth
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire
- 1 cup frozen peas
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Boil potatoes until tender. Mash with butter, milk, salt, and pepper.
- Cook onion and carrot in oil 5 minutes. Add garlic and ground meat and brown it.
- Stir in tomato paste and flour. Add broth and Worcestershire. Simmer until thick. Fold in peas.
- Spread the meat in a 9×13 dish. Cover with potatoes. Bake at 400°F (200°C) for 25 minutes until the peaks brown.
Notes
Lamb is the older shepherd’s pie. Beef is the cottage-pie cousin and is listed here because US searches use both names for this bake.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: British