Dads Favourite Shepherds Pie Recipe

Dads, if you’re after a dinner recipe that will please the family, and the kids will ask for more, then this is it.
Im cooking it again because “Odette” loved it and licked the plate clean. Surely that in itself is an awesome review for Dads Cooking.

OK, here is the recipe

Serves about 8
Prep time approx 20 min
Cook time approx 50 min
Total time required approx 1.10 min

Meat Ingredients

2 tablespoons of Olive oil
1 large brown onion
1.5kg of lean mince meat
3 teaspoons of finely chopped parsley
3 teaspoons of finely chopped rosemary
3 teaspoons of finely chopped thyme leaves
half teaspoon of salt
half teaspoon of pepper
1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon of minced garlic cloves
2 tablespoons of plain flour
2 table spoons of tomato paste
1 cup of beef stock
1.1/2 mixed frozen peas, carrots and corn kernels

Potato Ingredients

10 medium size washed potato’s peeled
8 tablespoons of butter
1/4 cup of parmesan cheese
smash of milk
250g mozzarella cheese

Cooking the meat mixture

add the olive oil to a large frypan over a medium heat for a couple of minutes then add the diced onion and cook for 5 minutes or until the onion becomes translucent.
add the mince meat to the frypan and break apart whilst browning the meat.
add the parsley, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper. Stir in well and cook for approx 8 minutes until meat is brown.
add the Worcestershire sauce and garlic, stir in and combine for a couple of minutes continuing to break apart the mince.
add the flour and tomato past and stir into the mince meat.
add the stock, frozen peas, carrots and corn. Stir in and bring the liquid to a boil and then turn down to a simmer for 5 minutes, stir occasionally.
turn off the stove and let meat mixture rest.
Preheat oven to 180c

Cooking the potato mixture

place potato in a large pot and cover the potato in water.
1. bring water to the boil. reduce to a simmer, cook until potato are tender to touch with a fork – approx. 10-15 min
drain the water out of the pot, let them sit in the pot for 1 min so the remaining water evaporates.
add butter, salt, parmesan, milk and mash together until mixture is mashed together with no lumps.

Putting Dads Sheperds pie together

pour the meat mixture into a large casserole dish and spread evenly to all edges of the dish
spoon the mash evenly over the top of the meat and to all edges of the dish.
sprinkle the mozzarella over the top of the mash evenly .

Cook time

bake uncovered in oven for 25-30 minutes.
If casserole dish looks full to the top, it might be a good idea to place on a baking tray so the liquid doesn’t bubble over into the oven whilst cooking.
the mozzarella will brown up and create a nice tasty top to your shepherd pie
remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes before serving
If your not ready to eat, cover with glad wrap and rest in the fridge until your ready to put it in the oven. Take off the glad wrap and follow the above steps to heat it up for dinner.