Shepherd’s Pie Jackets

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 baking potatoes
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup beef stock
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree or 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• salt and pepper
• fresh grated nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 -2 teaspoon butter
• 1 cup grated cheddar cheese

Recipe

• 1 microwave the potatoes on high for about 20 minutes or bake in the oven for an hour on 350°f.
• 2 meanwhile, cook the mince and the onion together in a frying pan for approx 10 minutes until the onions are golden (you don’t need oil or butter, there should be enough fat from the beef).
• 3 add the worcestershire, beef stock, tomato paste.
• 4 cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
• 5 when potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut in half, scoop out flesh into a bowl, leaving a thin layer.
• 6 to the flesh in the bowl you salt, pepper, nutmeg, milk and butter, mash it together.
• 7 preheat grill/broiler.
• 8 put the potato skins in a shallow roasting tin, spoon in the meat mixture, then the potato mash and top with cheese.
• 9 grill until the cheese has melted and the filling is hot.