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