Guinness Shepherd’s Pie

Guinness Shepherd’s Pie

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Guinness Shepherd’s Pie is the epitome of Irish comfort food! Ground lamb and vegetables are cooked in a rich, decadent Guinness sauce then topped with a creamy mashed potato blended with grass fed Irish butter and cream.
Prep Time: 1hour 
Cook Time: 1hour 
Total Time: 2hours 
Course: Main 
Cuisine: Irish
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 466 kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground lamb
  • 1 onion
  • 12 oz beef stock
  • 3 lbs potatoes about 10 medium
  • 7 oz carrots about 4 medium
  • 3 oz celery
  • 4 fl oz cream
  • 4 oz Irish butter
  • ½ bottle Guinness 5-6 fl oz

Instructions

  • Put the ground lamb into a pot and brown well over a medium / high heat. Stir well to break it up and to prevent it from sticking. No need to for oil.
  • While the lamb is browning, peel and chop the onions.
  • Peel and chop the carrots. Wash and chop the celery.
  • When the meat has browned and even a little crispy (roasted) looking, add the onions, carrots and celery, mix well.
  • After 5 minutes, pour in the beef stock and stir well.
  • After 5 minutes, add at least half a bottle of Guinness. If you like Guinness add all of it. Cook over a medium heat until most of the liquid has evaporated and the lamb and vegetable are in a thicker sauce. This can take about 1 hour.
  • While then lamb is cooking and reducing for an hour, peel and chop the potatoes into chunks.
  • Place the potato pieces into salted (1 tsp salt) cold water, bring to a boil and then reduce heat to medium. Cook for 5-7 minutes until the potatoes are soft when pierced with a thin knife.
  • Drain the potatoes when cooked. Return the potatoes to the heat and allow any residual water to evaporate. Pour in melted butter and cream, and using a hand held mixer, blend the potatoes and cream together.
  • Put the cooked lamb in an ovenproof dish. Put the mashed potatoes into a piping bag with your nozzle of choice and pipe swirls of potatoes on top of the lamb.
  • When the entire dish is covered with potatoes and none of the lamb layer is showing, place the Shepherd’s Pie in a pre heated 350 degrees F, oven for about 30 minutes or until the potatoes are golden brown.
  • Once the potatoes are golden brown, remove from the oven. Top with freshly chopped parsley (optional.) It’s ready to serve.

Nutritions:

Serving: 8portions

Calories: 466kcal

Carbohydrates: 35g

Protein: 15g

Fat: 30g

Saturated Fat: 17g

Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g

Monounsaturated Fat: 10g

Trans Fat: 0.5g

Cholesterol: 89mg

Sodium: 249mg

Potassium: 1065mg

Fiber: 5g

Sugar: 4g

Vitamin A: 4769IU

Vitamin C: 36mg

Calcium: 62mg

Iron: 2mg

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