May 01, 2016 / In food , beef / Tagged as: beef, carrot, cream, thyme, worcester sauce, onion

Shepherds Pie

Total Cook Time

70 minutes

Ingredients

  • 900g mince beef
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 sprigs thyme
  • 3 carrots, diced
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée
  • 400ml chicken stock
  • 3 tbsps worcester sauce
  • 1.2kg potato OR cauliflower mash topping
  • 200ml single cream
  • 110g butter
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp bovril dissoved in hot water [optional]
  • parsely [optional]

Method

  1. Sautée onions in oil in large saucepan until soft but not brown.
  2. Add mince a little at a time and cook until brown.
  3. Add worcestershire sauce, thyme, tomato purée, carrots, stock, salt and pepper and bovril.
  4. Cook on low heat for 50 minutes.
  5. Cook the potatoes or cauliflower.
  6. Add cream, butter, egg and salt and pepper to potatoes/cauliflower. Mash.
  7. Put mince in a flat dish and cover with mash.
  8. Run a fork over the top for decoration.
  9. Place dish in oven for 20 minutes at 180 C.
  10. Garnish with chopped parsley.