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Slow cooker shepherd's pie

Name: Slow cooker shepherd's pie
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 6 h
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion finely chopped; 3-4 thyme sprigs; 2 carrots finely diced; 250g lean (10%) mince lamb or beef; 1 tbsp plain flour; 1 tbsp tomato purée; 400g can lentils or white beans; 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce; 650g potatoes peeled and cut into chunks; 250g sweet potatoes peeled and cut into chunks; 2 tbsp half-fat crème fraîche

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 1 hr

Cook: 5 hrs

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Slow cook shepherd's pie and you'll be rewarded with savoury, succulent mince. This recipe is also low-fat and low-calorie with three of your five-a-day

Egg-free

Healthy

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion

finely chopped
3-4 thyme sprigs
2 carrots

finely diced
250g lean (10%) mince

lamb or beef
1 tbsp plain flour
1 tbsp tomato purée
400g can lentils

or white beans
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

For the topping

650g potatoes

peeled and cut into chunks
250g sweet potatoes

peeled and cut into chunks
2 tbsp half-fat crème fraîche

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal438

low
fat10g

low
saturates4g

low
carbs57g
sugars12g

low
fibre11g

high
protein23g

high
salt0.39g

low

Method

step 1

Heat the slow cooker if necessary. Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Tip the onions and thyme sprigs and fry for 2-3 mins. Then add the carrots and fry together, stirring occasionally until the vegetables start to brown.
step 2

Stir in the mince and fry for 1-2 mins until no longer pink. Stir in the flour then cook for another 1-2 mins.
step 3

Stir in the tomato purée and lentils and season with pepper and the Worcestershire sauce, adding a splash of water if you think the mixture is too dry. Scrape everything into the slow cooker.
step 4

Meanwhile cook both lots of potatoes in simmering water for 12-13 minutes or until they are cooked through.
step 5

Drain well and then mash with the crème fraîche. Spoon this on top of the mince mixture and cook on Low for 5 hours - the mixture should be bubbling at the sides when it is ready. Crisp up the potato topping under the grill if you like.

Recipe from Good Food books, September 2017

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