Shepherd's Pie

Name: Shepherd's Pie
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: European, Irish
Ingredients: 1 kilograms baking potatoes, peeled, cut into 2-inch pieces; 1 carrot, finely diced; 1 rib celery, finely diced; 118 milliliters cooked lentils; 227 grams extra-lean ground beef; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 177 milliliters low-fat milk; 2 Tbsps low-fat sour cream; 473 milliliters low-sodium beef broth; 237 milliliters mushrooms, finely diced; 1 large onion, finely diced; 237 milliliters frozen peas, thawed; 6 servings Salt and pepper; 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Shepherd's Pie might be a good recipe to expand your main course repertoire. This recipe makes 6 servings with 295 calories, 19g of protein, and 3g of fat each. This recipe covers 21% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of lentils, worcestershire sauce, mushrooms, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the flour you could follow this main course with the Apple Tart with Caramel Sauce as a dessert. It is a rather inexpensive recipe for fans of Scottish food. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Instructions

Place potatoes in a pot, cover with cold, salted water, bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook until potatoes are tender, about 20minutes.

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Potato

Water

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Drain, transfer to a large bowl and mash with milk and sour cream. Season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Sour Cream

Milk

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Bowl

Warm a large skillet over medium heat until hot.

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Frying Pan

Add beef and cook, breaking up with a spoon, until no longer pink, about 5minutes.

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Beef

Add onion, carrot, celery and mushrooms and saut for 8minutes.

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Mushrooms

Carrot

Celery

Onion

Add garlic and saut 2minutes longer.

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Garlic

Sprinkle flour on top and cook, stirring, for 2minutes. Stir in broth, Worcestershire sauce and lentils, bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer for 10minutes.

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Worcestershire Sauce

Lentils

Broth

All Purpose Flour

Preheat oven to 375F. Mist a 9-by-13-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Stir peas into meat mixture and season with salt and pepper. Spoon meat mixture into baking dish and carefully spread potatoes on top.

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Salt And Pepper

Cooking Spray

Potato

Spread

Meat

Peas

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Baking Pan

Oven

Bake for 30minutes. If potatoes are not brown enough, turn broiler on high and broil until potatoes are golden, about 2minutes, watching carefully to avoid burning.

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Potato

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Broiler

Serve hot.