…or you could call it “Cottage Pie” if you prefer.  The meat base is Carter’s “Breakfast Stew”.

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Shepherd's Pie
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If you want to make enough to fill an 8 or 9 inch square baking dish, double this recipe.
Servings
4 generous servings
Servings
4 generous servings
Shepherd's Pie
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Print Recipe
If you want to make enough to fill an 8 or 9 inch square baking dish, double this recipe.
Servings
4 generous servings
Servings
4 generous servings
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups Prepared Mashed Potatoes
  • 1 Egg yolk
  • 1 Tbsp Chives or parsley optional
  • 450 gm Ground beef about 1 pound
  • 1 Tbsp Water
  • 1/2 tsp Salt and pepper mixed
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 cup Finely Chopped Onion or Shallot or 1 cup thinly sliced leeks
  • 1 cup Finely chopped mushrooms
  • 1 - 2 Tbsp Vegetable oil
  • 1 Clove Garlic, finely minced
  • 1 Tbsp Tomato Paste
  • 1 Tbsp All purpose flour or rice flour
  • 3/4 cup Beef broth
  • 1 Tbsp Soy Sauce or to taste
  • 1 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce or to taste
  • 1/2 cup Small-diced carrots
  • 1/2 cup Frozen vegetables of choice
Instructions
  1. Combine mashed potatoes, egg yolk and parsley or chives. Set aside.
  2. Break ground meat into clumps in a bowl. Sprinkle with water, baking soda, salt and pepper. Toss to combine. Refrigerate while preparing vegetables.
  3. In a large skillet, sweat onion and mushrooms in the oil with a sprinkle of salt, until softened but not browned.
  4. Add garlic and tomato paste. Cook until tomato paste is slightly darkened.
  5. Sprinkle in flour. Stir to combine.
  6. Add broth, soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to a simmer. Mixture will thicken slightly.
  7. Add carrots, stirring to incorporate.
  8. Add beef in rough clumps. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Uncover, and break beef clumps with a fork until desired texture is achieved. Continue cooking, uncovered, until beef is no longer pink.
  9. If desired, thicken meat mixture by adding a 50/50 slurry of cornstarch and water, or rice flour and water, 1 tsp at a time, cooking between additions, until as thick as you want it.
  10. Pour meat mixture into a casserole or baking pan. Top with mashed potato mixture. Broil 8 inches from the broiling element until potatoes are well heated and lightly browned.
  11. Leftovers can be frozen. Best results will be achieved if portions are thawed before reheating.