30 Minute Shepherd's Pie

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs potatoes, such as russet, peeled and cubed
• 2 tablespoons sour cream or 2 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
• 1 large egg yolk
• 1/2 cup cream, for a lighter version substitute vegetable or 1/2 cup chicken broth
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan
• 1 3/4 lbs ground beef or 1 3/4 lbs ground lamb
• 1 carrot, peeled and chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup beef stock or 1 cup broth
• 2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce, eyeball it
• 1/2 cup frozen peas, a couple of handfuls
• 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley leaves, chopped

Recipe

• 1 directions.
• 2 boil potatoes in salted water until tender, about 12 minutes.
• 3 drain potatoes and pour them into a bowl.
• 4 combine sour cream, egg yolk and cream.
• 5 add the cream mixture into potatoes and mash until potatoes are almost smooth.
• 6 while potatoes boil, preheat a large skillet over medium high heat.
• 7 add oil to hot pan with beef or lamb.
• 8 season meat with salt and pepper.
• 9 brown and crumble meat for 3 or 4 minutes.
• 10 if you are using lamb and the pan is fatty, spoon away some of the drippings.
• 11 add chopped carrot and onion to the meat.
• 12 cook veggies with meat 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• 13 in a second small skillet over medium heat, cook butter and flour together 2 minutes.
• 14 whisk in broth and worcestershire sauce.
• 15 thicken gravy 1 minute.
• 16 add gravy to meat and vegetables.
• 17 stir in peas.
• 18 preheat broiler to high.
• 19 fill a small rectangular casserole with meat and vegetable mixture.
• 20 spoon potatoes over meat evenly.
• 21 top potatoes with paprika and broil 6 to 8 inches from the heat until potatoes are evenly browned.
• 22 top casserole dish with chopped parsley and serve.