Who doesn't love the heartiness of a great Shepherd's Pie? The kumara provides plenty of quality carbs to fuel your training.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr15 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr30 minutesmins
Course: Main Course
Servings: 6
Ingredients
1Tbsp.olive oil
2cloves garlic, crushed
300gmushroom,quartered
410gcan tomato purὲe
1kgkumara,peeled, diced into 3cm cubes
crack black pepper
40ggrated parmesan
1medium onion,finely diced
2celery stalks,diced
600glean lamb mince
300mlreduced-salt beef stock
1Tbspskim milk
1cupfrozen peas
olive spray oil
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180℃/355°F. Heat olive oil in a large non-stick pan set over medium heat. Add onion and garlic to pan; cook until softens. Add celery and mushrooms and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add lamb mince and cook, breaking up mince with a wooden spoon, for 5 minutes or until mince browns. Add tomato purὲe and beef stock; bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 25 minutes.
Meanwhile, add kumara to a large saucepan of water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until kumara is cooked through; drain. Transfer cooked kumara to a blender or food processor with milk; blitz into a purὲe and season with pepper.
Grease 6 x 1 1/2 cup-capacity pie dishes. Add frozen peas to mince mixture; stir well and switch off heat. Spoon mixture into dishes and top with kumara purὲe; scatter with parmesan and spray with olive oil. Transfer dishes to oven and cook for 20 minutes, or until topping is golden.
Remove pies from oven, leave to cool for 5 monutes and serve.
Notes
Davie, J. (n.d.). Shepard's Pie With Kumara. Healthy Food Guide. https://www.healthyfood.com/healthy-recipes/shepherds-pie-with-kumara/