Shepherd’s Pie

Name: Shepherd’s Pie
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: ¼ level teaspoon curry powder; 275–350 g/10–12 oz cold roast beef; 1 onion; 450–675 g/1–1½ lb mashed cooked potato; 40 g/1½ oz butter; ¼ level teaspoon mixed herbs; salt and freshly milled pepper; 1.5 dl/¼ pint thickened gravy (see method)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Times Calendar Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1977

About

Minced cooked meat provides the basis for many made-up dishes, one of the most popular being shepherd’s pie. The addition of curry powder and mixed herbs gives this recipe a slightly spicy flavour which makes it particularly tasty.

Ingredients

275–350 g/10–12 oz cold roast beef
1 onion
40

Spicy
Gluten-free
Pie

Method

Trim the fat from the meat and pass the meat through the mincer.

Finely chop the onion and add to 25 g (1 oz) of the butter melted in a saucepan. Fry gently until the onion is soft and lightl