Johnnie’s Shepherds Pie

Name: Johnnie’s Shepherds Pie
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4-6 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 10 medium - large potatoes or roughly about 1 kg; 1 large onion; 5-10 cloves garlic; 1 cup frozen vegetables; 500 gram mince meat - beef or lamb - preferably with 20% - 30% fat ratio; 1 can tomato sauce; 1 cup grated cheese; 1 teaspoon dried Thyme and Rosemary; Thai Sweet Chili sauce (optional); Parmesan (optional); Salt and Pepper to taste; Butter and milk (optional)

Johnathan Lee @mrjonbesar

Getting kids to eat a healthy and well balanced meal doesn't have to be difficult or complicated. Next time if you have a fussy child (or adult) food critic, why not try this healthy delicious and simple to make - Shepherd's Pie. My son can’t get enough of it…. #shepherdspie #britishfood #pies #mycookbook

Johnathan Lee @mrjonbesar

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Ingredients

1 hour

4-6 servings

10medium - large potatoes or roughly about 1 kg
1large onion
5-10 clovesgarlic
1 cupfrozen vegetables
500 grammince meat - beef or lamb - preferably with 20% - 30% fat ratio
1 cantomato sauce
1 cupgrated cheese
1 teaspoondried Thyme and Rosemary
Thai Sweet Chili sauce (optional)
Parmesan (optional)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Butter and milk (optional)

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Steps

1 hour

1

Diced up the potatoes and add in boiling water with some salt. I like to leave the potato skins on as they have lots of nutrients and vitamins - potassium, vitamin C, vitamin B-6, niacin, and thiamine.
2

Dice up the onion and minced the garlic
3

Mashed up the cooked potatoes, add salt and pepper to taste. I’ve also added a half a small tea spoon of minced garlic with some unsalted butter to enhance the flavour
4

Blanched a cup of frozen vegetables
5

Cook the mince meat on a hot skillet. As the meat has a bit of fat, I didn’t use any oil. Once it’s almost done, add in the onion, garlic and vegetables. Cook for another 1-2 minutes.
6

Add in the can of tomato sauce (substitutes - can of tomatoes or tomato purée), and the dried herbs. If you like a bit of sweetness and a hint of mild heat, add in sweet chili sauce (this is optional)
7

Add in salt and pepper to taste and let simmer for a few minutes until the sauce thickens.
8

Once the mince meat is done, spoon it into an oven proof dish. I’ve topped it up with some cheese before adding the mash potatoes on top.
9

Once you topped up the potatoes, add more cheese before putting it into a preheated oven for 15mins or until you can see the bubbling sauce on the side of the oven dish.
10

Once it’s done, it should have a golden brown top. I like to sprinkle a generous amount of Parmesan on the top before serving.