Easy Comfort Food: Shepherd's Pie

This is my go-to comfort food recipe. I spent many years in a British boarding school - not particularly famous for it's culinary skills. Despite that, Shepherd's Pie has always been my favorite school dinner. Yes, it's that easy and scalable for a large number of people. The traditional Shepherd's pie is made with minced beef but I think it's tastier with minced lamb. 

Shepherd's Pie (cooking time: 30 mins, serves 4)

Ingredients: 

1 tbs olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 
2 carrots, finely chopped
1.5-2 lbs ground lamb
2 tbs tomato ketchup beef stock cube worcestershire sauce
6 potatoes (I like Yukon Gold, but you can use whatever is available)
milk
butter

• Turn oven to 400F.
• Heat oil in frying pan, add onion and carrots until they begin to soften and turn brown.
• Add meat, turning over and mash out any large chunks
• When meat is browned, add ketchup and sprinke the stock cube. Season with salt & pepper.
• If there are lots of broth, simmer for about 10 mins. If it's too dry, add a bit of water and simmer.
• Season with salt & pepper and add worcestershire sauce to taste.
• While meat is cooking, cook the potatoes until tender.
• When they are soft, drain and mash them with milk, butter and plenty of seasoning (salt & pepper).
• Transfer the meat to an oven-proof dish and layer on the mash potatoes on top
• Dot some butter over the potatoes
• Bake for 20 minutes
• Serve immediately with green peas or salad

Comments

[Denny]

the Shepherd's Pie was good, I make it for christmas and all families were love it
thx