Shepherd's Pie

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 lbs boiling potatoes
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 cup beef stock
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 3 tablespoons red vinegar
• 2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon milk

Recipe

• 1 cut potatoes into chunks.
• 2 put saucepan with salted water and bring to a boil.
• 3 reduce heat and cook until tender, 15 to 20 minutes; drain.
• 4 cook onions in oil in frying pan over medium heat until soft, about 5 minutes.
• 5 add garlic and cook another minute.
• 6 crumble in beef and cook until no longer pink; drain off excess fat.
• 7 stir flour into meat and then add stock slowly.
• 8 stir in salt, pepper, allspice, vinegar and worcestershire sauce.
• 9 cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
• 10 pour into 1 1/2 quart casserole.
• 11 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 12 mash potatoes with salt and pepper and the 1 tablespoon of the butter and milk.
• 13 (the potatoes will be quite dense).
• 14 spread over meat.
• 15 brush top with remaining butter.
• 16 bake until top is golden, 25 to 30 minutes.