Easy One Pot Shepherds Pie

Cozy meals are the best part of the winter months, especially when you make this easy one-pot Shepherds Pie recipe! Okay, maybe there is a second pot involved for the mashed potatoes but still kind of a single-pot situation.

My Mom used to make us shepherd pie all the time when we were younger. She used to make hers with corn and cheddar cheese, it might not have been authentic but it was still good!

Making Shepherds Pie

I love how easy this recipe is the make! The perfect post-work dish only requires a handful of ingredients.

I definitely prefer to use my dutch oven to make this recipe. You can cook, place in the oven, and serve all in one pot! I love it! I currently use a Cuisinart I bought from Homesense for only $80.00! Really a steal, and it's held up so well. One day I would love to invest in the Le Creuset ones but just not now.

You can alternatively use an oven-safe baking dish and cook everything in a separate pan.

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Shepherd's Pie

Warm and comforting, are the words that come to mind when I make this Shepherd's Pie! An almost one-pot recipe that can be made in less than an hour!

Prep Time10 minutes mins

Cook Time45 minutes mins

Course: Brunch, dinner, Lunch

Diet: Canadian

Servings: 6

Author: Zainab Jabri

Equipment

• 1 Large pot
• 1 4qt Shallow Dutch oven with lid

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
• 500 grams Extra-Lean Ground Beef
• 1 tablespoon Worscshire Sauce
• 1 tablespoon Dried Thyme
• 2 cups Yellow Onions, diced 2-3 onions
• 4 cloves Garlic, Sliced
• 2 cups Carrots, peeled and Diced 3 Carrots
• 1½ cup Vegetable Stock

Mashed Potato Topping

• 9-10 Yellow Fleshed Potatoes Peeled
• 3 tablespoon Unsalted Butter
• 1 cup Milk
• ½ teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• ½ cup Mozzarella grated

Instructions

• Pre-heat oven to 375°F
• In a large pot, bring water to a boil. Add peeled potatoes to the boiling water and remove once fork tender.
  9-10 Yellow Fleshed Potatoes
• While the potatoes are cooking, heat up the 1 tablespoon of olive oil in the dutch oven on medium heat. Once the oil has heated, add the ground beef.
  2 tablespoon Olive Oil, 500 grams Extra-Lean Ground Beef
• To the ground beef add thyme, worscshire sauce, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Using a wooden spoon, stir the ingredients together. Once the ground beef has cooked through, remove it from the dutch oven and side aside.
  1 tablespoon Worscshire Sauce, 1 tablespoon Dried Thyme
• In the same dutch oven, heat up the remaining olive oil on medium heat. Once the oil has heated, add onions with a pinch of salt. Cook down for 2 minutes then add the garlic. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Deglaze the pan as needed with a splash of vegetable broth.
  2 cups Yellow Onions, diced, 4 cloves Garlic, Sliced, 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
• Stir in the chopped carrots to the dutch oven and cook with the onion and garlic for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  2 cups Carrots, peeled and Diced
• Add 1 cup of broth to the carrot and onion mixture. Cover and turn the heat to low-medium. Allow simmering for 10 minutes.
  1½ cup Vegetable Stock
• In the meantime, strain fork-tender potatoes and add them back into the same pot they were cooked in. Add butter and using an electric beater or a masher, mash the butter and potatoes together.
  3 tablespoon Unsalted Butter
• Add milk, salt and pepper to the potatoes. Beat together until fluffy.
  ½ teaspoon Ground Black Pepper, 1 teaspoon Salt, 1 cup Milk
• Add grated cheese and mix in with a wooden spoon. Set aside.
  ½ cup Mozzarella
• Add the cooked ground beef to the dutch oven and combine with the carrots and onion. Add the rest of the vegetable broth. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Turn off the heat and lightly press down on the ground beef mixture to create a flat surface.
• Begin to scoop the mashed potatoes on top of the beef mixture in the dutch oven. Carefully spread the mashed potatoes over the top.
• Place uncovered into the preheated oven for 25 minutes or until bubbling.
• Remove from oven and allow to sit for 5 minutes.
• Serve in bowls with fresh thyme for garnish.

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