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Shepherd's pie with mushroom onion gravy

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Ingredients

  • 900g russet potatoes, washed, peeled and cut into chunks
  • 1 clove garlic, smashed
  • Salt
  • 6 tbsp Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter
  • 120ml double cream
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 675g beef mince (85 percent lean)
  • 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • 120ml low-sodium beef stock
  • 1/2 large onion, finely Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped
  • 1 red pepper, Technique: Julienne Cutting a larger piece of food into long, thin strips. I know this Teach me, please julienned
  • 2 courgettes, Technique: Julienne Cutting a larger piece of food into long, thin strips. I know this Teach me, please julienned
  • 2 carrots, peeled and Technique: Grate Shredding a large ingredient to produce small, evenly-sized morsels. You can grate ingredients using a grating disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please grated
  • 1 tsp Hungarian hot paprika, plus more for garnish
  • Mushroom onion gravy, recipe follows
  • 115g Havarti cheese, Technique: Grate Shredding a large ingredient to produce small, evenly-sized morsels. You can grate ingredients using a grating disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please grated

  • For the mushroom onion gravy:

  • 1/2 large onion, Technique: Chop To cut large ingredients or dishes into smaller chunks using a sharp knife. You can chop using a serrated blade fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please chopped
  • 230g white button mushrooms, Technique: Slice Cutting a thin piece or pieces from a larger ingredient or dish. You can slice ingredients using a slicing disc fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please sliced
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • 3 tbsp plain flour
  • 240ml red wine
  • 480ml beef broth
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Method

How to make Shepherd's pie with mushroom onion gravy

1) Preheat oven to 180C/Gas 4.
2) In a medium saucepan, cover potatoes and crushed garlic with enough water to cover by 1.5-cm. Add some salt and bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium-high and cook until fork tender, about 15 minutes. Drain potatoes, return to pot, and Technique: Mash Crushing one or more ingredients to create a uniform purée that still has some body. You can mash using a mash and purée kit fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please mash together with 3 tablespoons of the Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter and the heavy cream. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and set aside.
3) In a large pan on medium-high heat, combine 1 tablespoon Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter and 1 tablespoon oil. When Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter has melted, add beef, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne pepper and salt and pepper, to taste, and cook until meat is brown. Stir in tomato paste and saute for a few minutes. Add stock and bring to a simmer. Season and remove mixture to a bowl. In the same pan, add remaining Technique: Using Butter You could replace butter with Stork margarine. It's easy to use and comes in blocks, tubs and liquid for any kind of dish from sweet baking to savoury meals. I know this Tell me more butter and oil and saute onions until almost tender, then add red bell pepper, zucchini, carrots and paprika. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.

To assemble, in a 22 by 30-cm baking dish layer half of beef, pressing down to pack in, then sprinkle the cheese on evenly. Pour the remaining half of the beef over the cheese and press down. Next, add the sauteed vegetables and top with the Technique: Mash Crushing one or more ingredients to create a uniform purée that still has some body. You can mash using a mash and purée kit fitted inside your food processor. I know this Teach me, please mashed potatoes, spreading out with a spatula or the back of a spoon to even out and to form decorative peaks and valleys. Sprinkle top with paprika and bake for 30 minutes or until edges on potatoes turn golden brown. Serve with Mushroom Onion Gravy.

For the mushroom onion gravy:
1) In a medium saucepan over medium heat, saute onions and mushrooms in oil until tender and mushrooms release their moisture, about 5 minutes. Add flour and stir to evenly coat. Slowly Technique: Whisk Using light, rapid sweeping strokes to thicken or thoroughly combine ingredients. You can also use a whisk attachment attached to a food processor. I know this Teach me, please whisk in wine and then the broth. Simmer until thickened and season with salt and pepper, to taste.