Shepherd's Pie

Ingredients

• • 800g lamb mince
• • 1 onion, diced
• • 2 carrots, diced
• • 2 cloves garlic, minced
• • 2 tbsp tomato paste
• • 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
• • 250ml beef stock
• • 1 cup frozen peas
• • 1kg potatoes, peeled and chopped
• • 80g butter
• • 100ml milk
• • Olive oil
• • Salt
• • Black pepper

Method

1. Boil the potatoes until tender, then drain and mash with the butter and milk. Season to taste.
2. Heat oil in a pan and cook the onion and carrot for 6 minutes.
3. Add the garlic and lamb mince, browning well and breaking it up as it cooks.
4. Stir in the tomato paste, worcestershire sauce and stock, then simmer for 20 minutes until thickened.
5. Stir through the peas and season to taste.
6. Heat oven to 200°C. Spoon the lamb mixture into a baking dish and top with the mash, smoothing the surface with a fork.
7. Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden on top.