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#WFD – Easy Shepherd’s Pie

Stuck on what to make for dinner? Try this easy recipe.

POLOKWANE – Known as being a classic, the Shepherd’s Pie is an easy and delicious meal which is usually enjoyed by all and made with made with minced lamb and a crust of mashed potato.

In early cookery books, the dish was a means of using leftover roasted meat of any kind, and the pie dish was lined with mashed potato as well as having a mashed potato crust on top.

Stuck on what to make for dinner? Try this easy recipe:

Ingredients

  1. 15ml olive oil
  2. 450g lean lamb mince
  3. 1 x onion, finely chopped
  4. 1 x carrot, finely chopped
  5. 1 x KNORR Beef Stock Pot
  6. 300ml water
  7. 30ml tomato ketchup
  8. 15ml worcestershire sauce
  9. 150g frozen peas
  10. 600g hot potatoes, mashed
  11. 100g cheddar cheese, grated

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 200°C.
  2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan, over medium-high heat. Add the lamb mince and cook for 7-8 minutes or until brown, stirring regularly. Add the onion and carrot, cook for further 5 minutes.
  3. Stir in the Knorr Beef Stock Pot, water, tomato ketchup and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes then add the peas.
  4. Pour lamb mixture into a 25 cm deep dish, and top with mashed potatoes.
  5. Sprinkle with the grated cheese, and bake for 20-30 minutes or until golden and bubbling.
  6. Leave to stand for 10 minutes before serving.

This recipe was found on the What’s For Dinner website

raeesak@nmgroup.co.za

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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