📋 Easy Shepherd’s Pie With Frozen Vegetables
This easy shepherd's pie recipe is the ultimate delicious comfort food. Made even simpler with frozen vegetables!
Servings 4
Calories 447kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 650 g white potatoes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large Onion finely diced.
- 500 g lean beef steak mince typically less than 5% fat
- 250 ml beef stock
- 110 g frozen mixed veg.
- 1 tablespoon tomato puree
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoon milk
- Freshly Ground Salt and Black Pepper
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 Degrees C Fan.
- Peel the potatoes, cut them into small chunks, and cover them with cold water in a saucepan. Bring the saucepan to the boil, and then simmer the potatoes until soft about 10 – 15 mins.
- While potatoes are cooking, gently heat the olive oil in a large pan, add the onion and sauté until softened for about 3 – 4 minutes.
- Add the beef mince and gently cook the mince until no longer pink breaking it down with a wooden spatula for about 5 minutes. Season to taste.
- Stir in the stock, frozen vegetables, tomato puree, Worcestershire sauce and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Cover the bottom of a shallow ovenproof baking dish with the beef and veg mixture.
- Drain the cooked potatoes, tip them back into their saucepan and mash together with the butter and milk. Season to taste.
- Spoon mash over the beef mince mixture in the dish. Smooth down with back of a spoon. Then create patterns with a fork.
- Bake for about 20 – 25 mins until lightly browned.
- Allow to rest for 5 – 10 minutes before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 447kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 90mg | Sodium: 291mg | Potassium: 1365mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1524IU | Vitamin C: 38mg | Calcium: 68mg | Iron: 5mg