Shepherd's Pie - Miele H 6000 Recipe Booklet

Savoury dishes

Shepherd's Pie

Preparation time: 100 minutes
Serves 6–8
Ingredients
25 g butter
2 onions
2 carrots
2 sticks of celery
1 kg minced lamb
¹/₂ tsp fresh thyme
¹/₂ tsp fresh rosemary
1¹/₂ tsp tomato purée
200 ml red wine
1 tbsp flour
250 ml chicken stock
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Salt
Pepper
1500 g floury potatoes
25 g butter
5 tbsp milk
Accessories
Ovenproof dish, 2 litre capacity
Method
Finely chop the onions, thyme and
rosemary. Dice the carrots and
potatoes and chop the celery into small
pieces.
Gently fry the onions in butter for 2–3
minutes on the hob, then add the
carrots and celery and fry for a further
8–10 minutes. Add the minced meat
and fry until brown. Drain off any
excess fat and add the thyme,
rosemary, tomato purée and red wine.
Reduce to about 1/4 on a medium heat,
sprinkle in the flour and simmer for a
further 2–3 minutes.
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Add the stock and Worcestershire
sauce and simmer for 45–50 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper. Whilst the
meat is simmering peel, cube and cook
the potatoes and then mash together
with the butter and milk.
Place the meat mixture in the ovenproof
dish and top with the mashed potato.
Place in a pre-heated oven and bake
until golden.
Recommended settings
Oven function: Automatic programmes
Programme: Bakes & gratins \
Shepherd's pie
Shelf level: see display
Duration: approx. 50 minutes
Alternative settings
Oven function: Fan plus
Temperature: 180 °C
Shelf level: 2 [1] (1)
Duration: 50 minutes
Tip
To make a cottage pie simply use
minced beef instead of minced lamb in
this recipe.