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Ingredients
- 2 pounds potatoes, such as russet, peeled and cubed
- 2 tablespoons sour cream or softened cream cheese
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/2 cup cream, for a lighter version substitute vegetable or chicken broth
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan
- 1 3/4 pounds ground beef or ground lamb
- 1 carrot, peeled and chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 cup beef stock or broth
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire, eyeball it
- 1/2 cup frozen peas, a couple of handfuls
- 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
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.
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By buckrogerspdx
on February 02, 2012
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It was great I thought. I used lamb of course (It is shepherd's pie after all. I got a lot of compliments on the mashed potatoes on top. For those who thought it was bland, I recommend 'season to taste' adding more salt/pepper/worcestershire sauce as needed.
It did take me longer than 30 minutes, mostly due to the potatoes not cooking fast enough, but I usually give myself extra time for recipes. I also think you can get 5-6 servings out of this easily. I portioned them into servings of five and it was still a lot of food.
Instead of using one large dish to serve them in I used soup bowls so each person got their own portion. Made for nice presentation and everyone got an equal portion of stew/potato.
By bureski
Texas
on January 31, 2012
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Loved it and my 3 year old triplets loved it. I did not use the egg yolk and it was still great.
By cat23
on January 24, 2012
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pretty good shepherd's pie recipe! i used chopped baby spinach instead of peas because my 2 year old does not like them. it was so good we could not stop eating and a 4 serving recipe was chomped down by myself, hubby and child for dinner. yummy-o
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