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30 Minute Shepherd's Pie
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cooking Time: 25-minutes
- Serves: 4-servings
30 Minute Shepherd's Pie
- Recipe Submitted by Cornbread on 11/28/2014
Category: Healthy Recipes, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Cheese, Eggs, Pies
Ingredients List
- 2 lb potato, such as russet, peeled and cubed
- 2 tbsp sour cream, or softened cream cheese
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1â„2 cup cream, for a lighter version substitute vegetable or chicken broth
- 1 salt
- 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, (1 turn of the pan)
- 1 3â„4 lb ground beef, or ground lamb
- 1 carrot, peeled and chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 cup beef stock, or broth
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce, (eyeball it)
- 1â„2 cup frozen peas, (a couple of handfuls)
- 1 tsp sweet paprika
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, leaves chopped
- 1 black pepper, freshly ground
Directions
Boil potatoes in salted water until tender, about 12 minutes. Drain potatoes and pour them into a bowl. Combine sour cream, egg yolk and cream. Add the cream mixture into potatoes and mash until potatoes are almost smooth.
While potatoes boil, preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil to hot pan with beef or lamb. Season meat with salt and pepper. Brown and crumble meat for 3 or 4 minutes. If you are using lamb and the pan is fatty, spoon away some of the drippings. Add chopped carrot and onion to the meat.
Cook veggies with meat 5 minutes, stirring frequently. In a second small skillet over medium heat cook butter and flour together 2 minutes. Whisk in broth and Worcestershire sauce. Thicken gravy 1 minute. Add gravy to meat and vegetables. Stir in peas.
Preheat broiler to high. Fill a small rectangular casserole with meat and vegetable mixture. Spoon potatoes over meat evenly. Top potatoes with paprika and broil 6 to 8 inches from the heat until potatoes are evenly browned. Top casserole dish with chopped parsley and serve.
While potatoes boil, preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil to hot pan with beef or lamb. Season meat with salt and pepper. Brown and crumble meat for 3 or 4 minutes. If you are using lamb and the pan is fatty, spoon away some of the drippings. Add chopped carrot and onion to the meat.
Cook veggies with meat 5 minutes, stirring frequently. In a second small skillet over medium heat cook butter and flour together 2 minutes. Whisk in broth and Worcestershire sauce. Thicken gravy 1 minute. Add gravy to meat and vegetables. Stir in peas.
Preheat broiler to high. Fill a small rectangular casserole with meat and vegetable mixture. Spoon potatoes over meat evenly. Top potatoes with paprika and broil 6 to 8 inches from the heat until potatoes are evenly browned. Top casserole dish with chopped parsley and serve.
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