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Classic Shepherd's Pie

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  • Servings: 7
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 130m
  • The following recipe serves 7 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 yellow onion, chopped
  • 1 leek, finely chopped
  • 3 celery stalks, diced
  • 2 carrots, diced
  • 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 2 teaspoons rosemary leaves
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1 kilogram ground beef (beef mince, good quality)
  • Sea salt, pinch
  • Black pepper, few grinds
  • 2 cans (400 grams) diced tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoon tomato sauce
  • 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 cup beef stock
  • 1 cup red wine
  • FOR MASH
  • 1 kilogram potatoes (royal blue potatoes, 10 peeled and cut into chunks)
  • 50 grams butter
  • 50 ml milk
  • Sea salt, pinch
  • Black pepper, few grinds
  • FOR TOPPING
  • 2 tablespoons cheddar cheese, grated
  • Cayenne, sprinkle
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Heat the olive oil in a big pot and add the vegetables, garlic and rosemary and saute for a few minutes to soften and then add remaining ingredients and bring to the boil and then simmer for 1 1/2 hours, you don't want to much liquid remaining.

  • Step 2: MASH - While cooking the mince, prepare the potatoes.

  • Step 3: Cook in salted water until tender and then drain and return the potatoes to the pot to dry out a little.

  • Step 4: Add butter and milk and season to taste and mash by hand or puree to desired consistency.

  • Step 5: Spoon mince mixture into an ovenproof dish and then spread over the mash and sprinkle over cheddar and cayenne and bake at 180C for about 35 minutes or until golden.


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