Shepherd Pie
Ingredients
- Minced lamb
- Garlic mince
- Onions sliced
- Lamb oxo cube
- Plain flour
- Beef stock
- Carrots
- Worcestershire Sauce
- Salt & Pepper
- Potatoes
- Butter
- Cream NOT milk
Instructions
Cooking the lamb
- Fry the onions and garlic with a lump of butter.
- Then add in the lamb mince and fry with lamb oxo cubes
- When the lamb mince looks slightly brown add in 2 tbsp of flour, the carrots and beef stock.
- Let this simmer for half an hour. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
Making the mash
- Boil potatoes till soft then use a masher and mash adding butter and cream. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Assemble by placing the lamb at bottom layer of your pan and the mashed potatoes on top. Use a fork to draw some lines. Use as much mesh or lamb as you like but half half is good.
- At this point you can wrap nicely and keep in your fridge or freezer or bake at 200C for 20 - 25 minutes to brown the top before serving. if you took out from freezer, size depending then set your oven to 180C and cook for at least 40 - 45 minutes, keeping an eye to judge by the brownness on top.
Notes
TIP - Please feel free to add any other vegetables but in the olden days when money is a problem you put into it what you get from your garden that are easy to plant and a plenty aka potatoes and carrots.
TIP - You can use Milk instead of cream but I wanted a creamy mesh.
TIP - You can grate cheese on top but as I used cream to make a creamy mesh I decided to omit the cheese. Traditionally I was told there's no cheese. Cheese are for selling. :D