HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY!! While I realize I am posting Shepherd's pie on St. Patrick's day I want to put emphasis that this is a delicious YEAR ROUND meal. This Irish "meat and potatoes" classic is one of my all time FAVORITE guilt free comfort foods! This healthy Shepherd's Pie (Cottage Pie) recipe is weight watcher friendly, has a huge yield and comes out to only 3 smart points! Let me say that again... This Shepherd's Pie IS THREE SMART POINTS. It's sautéed with fresh garlic and onion, filled with flavorful carrots, mushrooms, celery, corn, peas and lean turkey, cooked with savory sauce, then topped with a thick layer of creamy mashed potatoes.
How to make Healthy Shepherd's Pie (Cottage Pie):
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This recipe has a huge yield of 14 servings, which is about 2 large pie dishes or 1 large casserole dish.
Boil potatoes in a medium/large stock pot over high heat in salted water. Cook until you can easily poke a fork through them.
Using a stand mixer, hand mixer or potato ricer mash the potatoes with chicken broth, a little butter butter and sour cream. Add the sea salt to taste and set aside
Preheat oven to 395°
Rinse out the stock pot that boiled the potatoes and over medium/high heat add a teaspoon of olive oil and all the ground turkey constantly stirring/ breaking up the meat with a spatula/wooden spoon.
Once turkey is fully cooked remove it from pot and set aside on plate. Leaving the juice/rendered fat behind in the stock pot and add diced onion. Stir and cook onion until fragrant (about a minute) and add in celery, mushroom, carrots and garlic. Sauté until vegetables are cooked and a little tender about 6-8 minutes.
Add peas, corn, flour, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, chicken stock, rosemary, thyme and cooked meat. Turn heat to low and mix all the ingredients, letting it simmer for 8-10 minutes.
Taste and season with salt and pepper to your liking.
Using a casserole or pie dish spread filling evenly across the dish and carefully top with an even layer of mashed potatoes. I usually use a spoon to even this layer out and then a fork to draw a fun design on the potatoes (shown in picture).
Bake at 395° for 20-25 minutes, then switch on the broiler for 1-2 minutes to give the potatoes a nice golden brown color.
Remove from oven and let it cool for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
Eat & Enjoy!
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This "meat and potatoes" classic is a FAVORITE guilt free comfort food! Flavorful veggies and lean turkey in savory sauce, then topped with creamy mashed potatoes.
Boil potatoes in a medium/large stock pot over high heat in salted water. Cook until you can easily poke a fork through them.
Using a stand mixer, hand mixer or potato ricer mash the potatoes with chicken broth, a little butter butter and sour cream. Add the sea salt to taste and set aside
Preheat oven to 395°
Rinse out the stock pot that boiled the potatoes and over medium/high heat add a teaspoon of olive oil and all the ground turkey constantly stirring/ breaking up the meat with a spatula/wooden spoon.
Once turkey is fully cooked remove it from pot and set aside on plate. Leaving the juice/rendered fat behind in the stock pot and add diced onion. Stir and cook onion until fragrant (about a minute) and add in celery, mushroom, carrots and garlic. Sauté until vegetables are cooked and a little tender about 6-8 minutes.
Add peas, corn, flour, tomato paste, worcestershire sauce, chicken stock, rosemary, thyme and cooked meat. Turn heat to low and mix all the ingredients, letting it simmer for 8-10 minutes.
Taste and season with salt and pepper to your liking. Using a casserole or pie dish spread filling evenly across the dish and carefully top with an even layer of mashed potatoes. I usually use a spoon to even this layer out and then a fork to draw a fun design on the potatoes (shown in picture).
Bake at 395° for 20-25 minutes, then switch on the broiler for 1-2 minutes to give the potatoes a nice golden brown color.
Remove from oven and let it cool for 5 to 10 minutes before serving. - Enjoy!
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