Shepherd's Pie with Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Shepherd's Pie with Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes recipe is the ultimate comfort food known and loved by many. Minced lamb stewed gently with variety of vegetables and roasted garlic enhancing the flavour of mashed potato topping makes for wonderful feast any time of year.
Course Main Course
Cuisine British
Keyword Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Shepherd's Pie
Cut the top off entire head of garlic so that you can see the cloves, sprinkle with salt, drizzle with olive oil and roast wrapped in foil at 180C/350F/gas mark 4 for 40min.
Shepherd's Pie Filling
Heat a glug of oil in a large pot with a lid and sauté prepared chopped vegetables (onions, celery, carrots and broccoli stalk (if using)) until soft but not coloured approx. 5-8 min
Add minced lamb and sauté it together with vegetables for approx 10 min. Make sure you break it up with wooden spoon as it cooks.
Add thyme or rosemary, bay leaves, tomato paste and flour. Stir briefly and slowly start adding hot lamb stock stirring everything slowly with wooden spoon until you've used up all the stock. Add Worcestershire sauce, cover pot with the lid (leaving small opening for some steam to escape) and let it simmer for approx. 30 min. If you'd like to include baked beans in your pie make sure to add them towards the end of 30 min simmering time. Season to taste with salt and pepper and perhaps some more Worcestershire sauce.
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potato Topping
Boil the potatoes in a large pan of salted water until cooked. Drain well and mash with butter, milk and some seasoning. Squeeze roasted garlic out and onto the potatoes and mix well. Taste and season some more if needed.
Pie Assembly
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4. Transfer the pie filling to the ovenproof pie dish, top with mashed potato and sprinkle with some grated cheddar. Bake for approx. 25-30 min until golden and bubbly. Serve with your choice of vegetables or salad. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutritional information is approximate, per serving and should be treated as a guideline only.
Baked beans in the filling are optional but work really well. Feel free to reduce the amount of minced lamb if adding these.
Leftovers can be stored in the fridge for 3-5 days or frozen for up to 2 months.