Shepherd's Pie
~2 Hour total time. Serves 6
Ingredients
700g Lamb Mince
8oog Potatoes
1 Cup Peas
1-2 grated Carrots
1 crushed whole garlic
1 diced Brown Onion
1 Tbsp Thyme
2-3 stalks of Rosemary
2 Egg Yolks
1 Cup Cheddar Cheese
50g Parmesan
200ml Milk Or Cream
2 Tbsp Butter
1-2 Cups Beef Stock (Add more for more flavor but will increase cooking time)
1/2 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce (to taste)
2 Tbsp Tomato Paste
1 Tbsp Plain Flour
1 Cup Or So Stout (Or Red Wine)
1 Medium Size Pie Thingo
Directions
Preheat oven to 200C and heat a frying pan with oil
Add the lamb mince and fry any excess liquid off, set the mince aside once cooked. Continue instructions whilst lamb cooks.
Dice onion & grate carrots, place into a bowl.
Peel and cut potatoes into chunks, boil in pot with salt water
Crush garlic into its own bowl
Fry the onion and carrot mix in the pan for a couple of minutes
Add cooked lamb mince back into the pan with fried onion and carrots
Add garlic and stir
Add flour, mix and cook through for a couple of minutes
Add the thyme, rosemary & 1/2Tbsp of Worcestershire sauce
Add Stout or Red Wine, cook for a few minutes to remove alcohol
Add peas, tomato paste, beef stock and season with salt/pepper to taste.
Simmer filling mix till its thick and holds its own shape, you should be able to drag a spoon through it without it filling back the space with liquid. Move on to potatoes whilst meat is simmering.
Potatoes should be complete around now, drain the potatos and add them back to the hot empty pot
Add egg yolks & chedder cheese to potatoes.
Starting with 100mL, add cream to potatoes and mash. If they’re too thick add more cream.
Mash together to create mashed potatoes
Filling mix should be finished, empty filling into casserole dish filling all corners
Add mashed potatoes over the top, small amounts at a time
Spread the mashed potatoes over the mince, covering all corners
Drag/rake a fork over the mashed potatos
Grate some parmesan cheese over the top
Cook in over for 20-25 minutes.
Rest for 5 minutes
Serve