Whitney's Shepherd's Pie

March 30, 2020 • 0 comments

Shepherd's pie is a wonderful dish that can serve a large family. It is a base of ground lamb in a tomato-y sauce topped with mashed potatoes and baked in the oven until bubbling. It is always made with lamb (cottage pie is made with beef and peas and carrots). This is definitely one of our family's top 10 special recipes for sure! Recipe Notes: **if you have made lamb bone broth, this is a great place to use it for the stock! There are two ways to make this. Either you can saute the ground lamb on its own and then add it to the vegetable/sauce mixture or you can saute the lamb in the same pan after the veggies and before the flour. Honestly I do the latter but if you want to reduce fat or just want a more even sauce construction you should do the first technique. As my grandfather would say, don’t do as I do, do as I say!

Prep Time: 45 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 8

Ingredients

(1lb) Ground Lamb
(2) onions, chopped
(2) large carrots, chopped
(2) garlic cloves, chopped
(1oz) Unsalted Butter
(1/2 -1 tsp, to taste) mustard powder
(1 -1.5 cups) stock
(2 Tbs) worcestershire sauce
(about 2Tbs) tomato paste
(4-5 individual) Russet Potatoes (organic)
(as desired) Whole Milk
(2 Tbs) Unsalted Butter
(to taste) salt

Directions

Preheat oven to 350F. Get out a 9" x 13" casserole dish.

Prepare potatoes your favorite way for making mash. I peel them,place them in cold water and then take up to a boil until just tender. Drain, mash and add milk, butter and salt to them as desired.Melt butter in a large saute pan over medium heat. Add onion and add carrots after the onion has been cooking a couple minutes and cook the entire mixture about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Then add ground lamb and sautéed. Add tomato paste now. Then, add the flour and mustard powder to the pan and cook for 30 seconds-1minute. Turn off heat and add milk, whisking it in to break up any clumps of flour. Turn on heat again and get sauce to a boil and then reduce heat and simmer for a couple minutes until you get the sauce consistency you want. Add the Worcestershire Sauce, season with salt and pepper to taste.Pour your meat mixture into the casserole dish. Then spoon the mashed potatoes on top, making sure to seal the meat mixture at the edges and corners with potatoes. The potatoes prevent your sauce from boiling away in the oven and you will get brown, crispy tips wherever there is a potato peak.

Bake for about 30-40 minutes until the potatoes just start to turn golden on the peaks.

Enjoy!

by Whitney Freeman