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Shepherd's Pie

Adapted from the Wikibooks Cookbook: Shepherd's Pie III

SKSouCrunch Kitchen·
Everything in this version is new:
  • +15 ingredients
  • +11 steps

Ingredients

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  • Filling
    Added: 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Added: 500 g minced lamb
  • Added: 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • Added: 1 onion, finely chopped
  • Added: 2 carrots, diced
  • Added: 100 g peas, fresh or frozen
  • Added: 100 g sweetcorn kernels
  • Added: 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • Added: 1 beef stock cube
  • Added: 300 ml hot water
  • Added: 1 tbsp plain flour
  • Mash
    Added: 1 kg floury potatoes, peeled and chopped
  • Added: 40 g butter
  • Added: 80 ml milk
  • Added: Salt and pepper, to taste

Method

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  1. Added step 1:

    Peel the potatoes and cut them into even chunks.

    8 min
  2. Added step 2:

    Boil the potatoes in salted water for about 20 minutes until soft.

    20 min
  3. Added step 3:

    Chop the onion and garlic and dice the carrots.

    7 min
  4. Added step 4:

    Heat the oil in a large frying pan and brown the lamb with the garlic, breaking it up as it cooks.

    7 min
  5. Added step 5:

    Add the onion, carrots, peas, sweetcorn and ketchup. Crumble in the stock cube, pour in the hot water and cook on very low heat for 5 minutes.

    5 min
  6. Added step 6:

    Mix the flour with 2 tbsp cold water and stir it into the pan.

    1 min
  7. Added step 7:

    Simmer for about 25 minutes, stirring every few minutes, until the gravy is thick. Season with salt and pepper.

    25 min
  8. Added step 8:

    Heat the oven to 200 °C.

    10 min
  9. Added step 9:

    Drain the potatoes and mash them with the butter and milk. Season with salt and pepper.

    5 min
  10. Added step 10:

    Spoon the lamb mixture into an ovenproof dish and spread the mash on top, covering the filling right to the edges. Rough up the surface with a fork.

    4 min
  11. Added step 11:

    Bake for 15–20 minutes, until the top is turning golden.

    18 min