Shepherd's Pie

⏱ Prep: 20 min 🔥 Cook: 50 min ⏳ Total: 1 hr 10 min 🍽 4–6 servings

Source: Sam the Cooking Guy (YouTube)

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Instructions

  1. Cook bacon in a cast iron pan and conserve the grease.
  2. Chop carrots and onion finely — start rough, then get finer.
  3. Cook chopped carrots and onion in the bacon grease until softened, 3–4 minutes.
  4. Add garlic to the pan with avocado oil and cook for about a minute, mixing.
  5. Add ground lamb and work it in. Cook until browned.
  6. When lamb is cooked, add a few tablespoons of flour and mix it in.
  7. Add half cup of red wine and half cup of beef broth and mix.
  8. While thickening, add Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, salt, pepper, fresh thyme and rosemary, then mix.
  9. Add a handful of spinach and let it wilt.
  10. Peel and slice potatoes and cook until tender in boiling water, then drain.
  11. In a new pan, melt ¼ cup butter with ¾ cup whipping cream.
  12. Mash potatoes very finely. Add some of the melted cream/butter mixture, salt & pepper, and mix.
  13. Add smoked paprika and roasted garlic to the potato mixture and mix.
  14. Add parmesan to the potato mixture and mix.
  15. Spread mashed potatoes on top of the meat filling in the cast iron, then add bacon on top and spread out.
  16. Bake at 400°F for 30 minutes to add color to the mashed potatoes.