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Tips
** Star Tips ** When slicing the carrots, you have an option to dice them finely or slice the finely. You could of course use fresh garlic cloves if you wish and sautee them with the onion. You can also substitute the tomato puree or tomato sauce with some Homemade Pasta Sauce Candlebridge Homemade Pasta Sauce 1 Tin of Strained Tomatoes 1 Tablespoon castor sugar Salt, Black Pepper 50mls Olive Oil Parsley Oregano In a mini processor, add all the ingredients and blend together until smooth. Transfer into a glass bowl and leave to chill and set. Depending on personal taste, you can always add more tomatoes (if they're tinned, strain them first!) Make sure you use "Cold Water" when mixing the bisto as it does not react well to boiling hot water! For a very smooth potato topping, use a mini processor and blend the cooked potato with milk, butter, salt, pepper, grated cheese and you could if you wish pipe it on top of the meat dish or do as I do, dollop it on and then with the back of the spoon smooth it into the edges of your dish .. then take a fork and run it along making ripples! Be creative and enjoy!
Ingredients
- THE MEAT FILLING
- 1lb Lamb or Beef Mince
- 3 Teaspoons Bisto Gravy Powder
- 80mls Cold Water
- 1oz Lard or Butter
- THE VEGETABLES
- 2 Large Carrots, peeled, finely diced
- 1 Large Onion, peeled, finely diced
- 2oz Frozen Snowpeas
- 5 Medium Rooster Potatoes, peeled, quartered
- HERBS & SPICES
- Oregano
- Ground Garlic
- Chives
- Thyme
- Sweet Paprika
- Salt Black Pepper
- Mild Chilli Powder
- Parsley
- SECRET INGREDIENTS
- 2 Tablespoons Tomato Sauce or Puree
- 2 Tablespoons Light Olive Oil
- THE CHEESY POTATO TOPPING
- 3oz Kilmeaden Cheese, Grated
- 2oz Butter
- 50mls Milk
- Cooked Potatoes (see above!)
- Chives
- Parsley
- Salt Black Pepper
Method
- 1. First of all, we prep our vegetables, so start peeling the potatoes, carrots, onions and we're going to finely dice the carrots and onions, and then halve and then quarter the potatoes.
- 2. You'll need two pots for the moment, one for the potatoes and one for the carrots & snowpeas!
- 3.Set your timer to about 22 minutes and your hob to about 6 or 7, no need to boil the vegetables, once they start to boil, reduce the heat and allow them to cook for the remainder of the time, testing the potato by inserting a fork into the potato. If it's soft, remove the pot from the hob and strain the potatoes and leave aside for the moment. Repeat the same step for the carrots & snowpeas (petit pois)!
- 4. Now, in a large pot melt some lard and gently sautee the onions before adding the minced meat and stir around until the meat is completely browned.
- 5. Next step, add the carrots and snowpeas and blend in with the mince and you can now pre-heat your oven to 180oC
- 6. Add the tomato sauce, olive oil, bisto mix (bisto powder with 60mls water) and stir that through with the browned mince, sauteed onions, cooked carrots & snowpeas!
- 7. Add your herbs and spices and mix through and then remove the meat sauce from the heat and allow it to settle for just a moment or two while we cream the potatoes.
- 8. Add milk and butter and the grated cheese to your cooked potatoes and some salt & black pepper to season and mash and cream it until it is smooth. If you want a really smooth mash, add extra equal quantities of milk and butter. You could if you wish, use a mini processor to achieve a higher smoother consistency but I prefer to use my own strength and a stainless steel masher!
- 9. Taking an oven proof dish or pyrex dish, spoon in the meat sauce and smooth it into the edges.
- 10. Now layer on the cheesy potato mash and using the back of a spoon, smooth that into the edges and then take a fork and run it along the potato making a wavy pattern (rather effective when it is toasted in the oven!)
- 11. Bake in a pre-heated oven for 25 minutes until the potato is golden and starting to turn a nice crispy toasted colour.
- 12. Switch off the oven and switch on the grill to maximum heat and allow the potato to grill for about 3-4 minutes, keep an eye on it now, you don't want it to burn, the colour you're aiming for is a nice rustic toasted colour!
- 13. Switch off the grill now and carefully remove your pie from the oven area and allow to stand for a few minutes.
- 14. While it is cooling, garnish your Shepherds Pie with finely chopped fresh parsley, (dried parsley is fine too!)shakes of paprika, black pepper and chives
- 15. Shepherds Pie can be served with oven ready chips!
- ** Original Recipe by L. Shannon - The Candlebridge Bakery & Soup Kitchen, Ireland .. 10th January 2012 **
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Ingredients
- 1 Large onion - finely chopped
- 1 Carrot - grated
- 1tbs Tomato puree
- 1 Small tin chopped tomatoes
- 450g Minced beef
- 2tsp Worcester sauce
- 2 Bay leaves
- To taste Salt &, Pepper
- 700g Potatoes
- 2fl oz Milk
- 3oz Butter
- 1 Beef gravy cube
Method
- Fry the onion and mince until softened. Add the carrots and remaining ingredients (minus the potato, milk and butter) and simmer for around 35 minutes or until cooked.
- Transfer to an ovenproof dish and remove the bay leaves.
- Cook the cubed potato and then mash with the butter an milk and add seasoning to taste.
- Put the mash on top of the mince and bake in the oven (gas 6) until the top is cripsy. You can add a bit more butter to the top for added crunch.
- For complete naughtiness - sprinkle grated cheese all over the top and grill tummy.
- Add Brown sauce...
Tips
You can also cook the minced beef in the microwave on high for about 10 minutes but be sure to mix it up half way through the cooking process to make sure it cooks evenly. During the cooking process I find that quite a lot of liquid grease forms on top of the meat. It is ok and I would recommend that you remove this with a spoon as it makes the final outcome much less greasy.
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- 1.5 pounds minced lamb
- 1 onion, chopped
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- ½ cup milk
- 7 potatoes, cooked and mashed
- ¾ cup grated cheese
Method
- First heat the oven to 220 C.
- In a medium bowl m together the minced beef with the onion, salt, and pepper.
- Now mix mushroom soup with milk in a small bowl and add half of this mixture to ground beef.
- Put meat mixture in a greased glass pie dish od appropriate size
- Now cook in the oven for about 30 mins.
- Add remaining mushroom soup and milk mixlure to potatoes. Mix together thoroughly.
- Spread mashed potatoes over the top of the meat and sprinkle with cheese.
- Pit the dish in the oven and let it heat up again until the potatoes are hot and cheese is fully melted and beginning to brown on top.
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