Shepherd’s Pie
If you want to make enough to fill an 8 or 9 inch square baking dish, double this recipe.
Servings
4generous servings
Servings
4generous servings
Ingredients
  • 1 1/2 cups Prepared Mashed Potatoes
  • 1 Egg yolk
  • 1Tbsp Chives or parsleyoptional
  • 450gm Ground beefabout 1 pound
  • 1Tbsp Water
  • 1/2tsp Salt and peppermixed
  • 1/2tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2cup Finely Chopped Onion or Shallotor 1 cup thinly sliced leeks
  • 1cup Finely chopped mushrooms
  • 1 – 2Tbsp Vegetable oil
  • 1Clove Garlic, finely minced
  • 1Tbsp Tomato Paste
  • 1Tbsp All purpose flour or rice flour
  • 3/4cup Beef broth
  • 1Tbsp Soy Sauceor to taste
  • 1 1/2tsp Worcestershire sauceor to taste
  • 1/2cup Small-diced carrots
  • 1/2cup 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.