30 Minute Shepherd's Pie

Name: 30 Minute Shepherd's Pie
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: European, Irish
Ingredients: 237 milliliters beef stock or broth; 2 Tbsps butter; 1 carrot, peeled and chopped; 118 milliliters cream, for a lighter version substitute vegetable or chicken broth; 2 Tbsps sour cream or softened cream cheese; 1 large egg yolk; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh parsley leaves; 794 grams ground beef or ground lamb; 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan; 1 onion, chopped; 118 milliliters frozen peas, a couple of handfuls; 907 grams potatoes, such as russet, peeled and cubed; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon sweet paprika; 2 teaspoons Worcestershire, eyeball it

30 Minute Shepherd's Pie might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains around 44g of protein, 71g of fat, and a total of 972 calories. This recipe covers 44% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. This recipe is typical of Scottish cuisine. If you have peas, butter, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the cream cheese you could follow this main course with the Cream Cheese Dessert Wedges as a dessert.

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Boil potatoes in salted water until tender, about 12 minutes.

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Water

Drain potatoes and pour them into a bowl.

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Combine sour cream, egg yolk and cream.

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Cream

Add the cream mixture into potatoes and mash until potatoes are almost smooth.

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Cream

While potatoes boil, preheat a large skillet over medium high heat.

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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.

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Cooking Oil

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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.

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Whisk in broth and Worcestershire sauce. Thicken gravy 1 minute.

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Add gravy to meat and vegetables. Stir in peas.

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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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