Shepherds Pie Jackets Recipes

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain and mash. Mix in butter, finely chopped onion and 1/4 cup shredded cheese. Season with salt and pepper to taste; set aside.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add carrots and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes. Drain, mash and set aside. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C.)
• Heat oil in a large frying pan. Add onion and cook until clear. Add ground beef and cook until well browned. Pour off excess fat, then stir in flour and cook 1 minute. Add ketchup and beef broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Spread the ground beef in an even layer on the bottom of a 2 quart casserole dish. Next, spread a layer of mashed carrots. Top with the mashed potato mixture and sprinkle with remaining shredded cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.

Steps:

• Put the potatoes in the microwave on high (750W) for 20 minutes until cooked through. While they're cooking, tip the mince and onion into a pan and cook on the hob for 10 minutes until the onion is golden and the mince has lost its pink colour. Splash in the Worcestershire sauce and cook for 1 minute, then pour in the stock and squeeze in the tomato purée.Give a good stir to dissolve the purée, then cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until the meat is tender.
• Cut each potato in half and scoop the flesh into a bowl, leaving a thin layer inside the potato skin. Break up the flesh with a fork, then season and mash in the milk and butter until smooth and creamy.
• Preheat the grill to high. Put the potatoes skin side down in a shallow roasting tin and spoon in the meat mixture. Top with the mash and sprinkle with the cheese. Grill until the cheese has melted and the filling is hot. Serve with steamed green vegetables.

Steps:

• Microwave the potatoes on high for about 20 minutes or bake in the oven for an hour on 350°F.
• 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).
• Add the Worcestershire, beef stock, tomato paste.
• Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
• When potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut in half, scoop out flesh into a bowl, leaving a thin layer.
• To the flesh in the bowl you salt, pepper, nutmeg, milk and butter, mash it together.
• Preheat grill/broiler.
• Put the potato skins in a shallow roasting tin, spoon in the meat mixture, then the potato mash and top with cheese.
• Grill until the cheese has melted and the filling is hot.