Cookbook:Shepherds Pie
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| Shepherds Pie | |
|---|---|
| Category: | lamb recipes |
| Servings: | 1-2 |
| Time: | 45 minutes |
| Difficulty: |  |
Cookbook | Recipes | Meat recipes
[edit] Shepherd's Pie
Shepherd's Pie is a dish of lamb and potato. The ingredients are in no way precise and you can substitute the vegetables with whatever you have in your cupboard.
[edit] Ingredients:
- 100g minced lamb
- clove of garlic
- 4 large potatoes
- one carrot
- some peas
- some sweetcorn
- mixed vegetables
- small amount of tomato ketchup
- beef stock cube or gravy
- 5g of flour
- 10ml of water
- 30ml of milk
- 30g of butter or margerine
- 5ml of olive oil or cooking oil
[edit] Procedure:
- Peel and chop the potatoes. Boil the potatoes for 20 minutes whilst preparing the rest of the meal.
- Cut the minced lamb and add the chopped garlic.
- Next gently heat some olive oil in a frying pan and add the meat and garlic
- Then add the vegetables, ketchup, stock cube (or gravy) and cook on a very low heat for 5 minutes
- Now add a touch of flour and the water and mix well.
- Cook the mixture for about 25 minutes and stir every few minutes
- Once the potatoes are ready drain them, add a touch of milk and butter (or margerine) and mash
- Pour the mixture into an oven dish then add the mashed potatoes on top. Cover all of the lamb mixture
- Cook in the oven at 200°C for about 15-20 minutes and take it out when the potatoes are turning golden.
[edit] Notes, tips, and variations
- See also, Shepherd's Pie, Pate Chinois, Pâté chinois
