Recipes
Shepherds Pie
A traditional British dish of minced lamb topped with potato.
- Serves: 8
Method
- Fry the onion, celery and carrot for 3-4 minutes then add the minced lamb and the garlic and fry till brown.
- Add the flour and cook for 1 minute.
- Slowly add the stock and then the chopped tomatoes and cook on a low heat, simmering.
- Place the potatoes in a large pan of salted water and bring to the boil, cook till ready.
- Mash the potatoes and add the butter, milk and egg yolk, taste and add salt and pepper accordingly.
- Add the Worcestershire sauce to the lamb and place in a suitable oven proof dish, top with the potato mix and bake for 25-35 minutes 200’c-400’f, top should be golden brown.
Ingredients
- 600g Minced Lamb
- 50ml vegetable oil
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 shallots, finely chopped
- 2 whole carrots finely chopped
- 2 celery sticks finely chopped
- 500ml lamb stock
- 100ml chopped tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce
- 50g plain flour
- 400g maris piper potatoes
- 50g butter
- 100ml milk
- salt and pepper
- 1 egg yolk
Mark Stower
Company Executive Chef
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