Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie

Evie*'s Note:

nice change to the 'norm' shepherds pie

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 500 g ground beef
• 1 large onion
• vegetable (of your choice, celery,mushrooms,green beans, carrots)
• 1 (400 g) can tomatoes with juice
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon grainy mustard
• 1 cup chopped fresh parsley
• salt and pepper
• 6 kumara or 6 sweet potatoes , mashed with little bit of butter and milk

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 200C degrees.
2. Heat non stick pan, add a little water and saute mince and onion until mince is lightly browned.
3. Add vegetables, tomatoes and juice, worcestershire sauce, mustard, parsley and salt and pepper.
4. Place mixture into ovenproof dish and top with mashed sweet potato.
5. Bake at 200 for about 20 minutes.

Reviews

[Laudee]

I fixed this lovely dish for supper this evening. My, my, we certainly did enjoy. I tossed in french-cut green beans, corn, and diced new red taters. Love the sweet potatoes on top. Turned out great! Thanks for posting such an easy and tasty recipe, Evie. Laudee C.

[Mirj]

At our house, when I make Shepherd's Pie, I get these "Not the same old, same old" looks. Not this time! This was really delicious! I used a mix of 250 grams ground beef and 250 grams ground turkey, left out the Worcestershire sauce completely (we don't like it at all), and used a veggie medly of mushrooms, carrots and pumpkin. I shredded the pumpkin in large strips so the orange motif ran throughout the meat. Another trick I did was to heat the oil and first just put in the mustard seeds. After they stopped popping (cover that pan) I added the meat and then the veggies. The popped mustard seeds add such a wonderful flavor. I flavored the mashed sweet potatoes with some margarine and soy milk. I adore this dish, it's a great lunch, or a very homey supper. Eve, thanks so much for posting this!

[mariahswind]

Had this for dinner last night and lunch today! I need to tweak it a bit for us as I found it a bit bland. I only had carrots and green beans this time. It was great the next day for lunch! Next time I will add more Worcestershire Sauce and Mustard and maybe a dash of chilli. I don't think I added enough salt and pepper either. I will make sure my veggies are cooked before putting in the oven dish and baking. I will also use a fork to give texture to the sweet potato and make it more crispy after baking. Oh ya almost forgot I used all turkey mince and will do this again. I think turkey has more flavor so I use it in place of all beef mince.