Beef And Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 large sweet potato
• 1 tablespoon whole wheat flour
• 2 tablespoons paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon allspice
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 medium red onions, thinly sliced
• 6 medium mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup beef broth
• 1 lb london broil beef, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 425°f cut slits or poke holes in sweet potato to vent steam. bake potatoes for 35 minutes or until tender. (you can microwave them if you want to save time).
• 2 while that is baking, combine flour, paprika, ginger, salt, pepper and allspice and stir to combine.
• 3 toss cubed beef in the flour mixture to coat all pieces.
• 4 in a large nonstick skillet, warm 1 tbsp olive oil over medium-high heat. add onions and cook till brown. add mushrooms and cook till softened.
• 5 remove mushrooms and onions and set aside.
• 6 add 1 tbsp olive oil to skillet and brown the flour coated meat. don't cook all the way through, just brown on all sides and no blood.
• 7 add back in the onions and mushrooms and the leftover flour mixture (any that didn't stick to the meat) and stir to combine. add broth and bring all to a boil. stir till thick, then remove from heat.
• 8 remove sweet potatoes from oven and cut in half. scoop out the flesh into a bowl. add butter and brown sugar and remaining ginger and mash into potatoes with a potato masher or fork.
• 9 transfer the beef mixture to individual baking dishes like for a single pot pie. spoon the mashed sweet potatoes on top of the mixture and spread evenly.
• 10 bake the pies for about 20 minutes uncovered.