Healthy Shepherd's Pie (Cottage Pie)
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.
Servings: 14 servings
Ingredients
- 2 lbs yukon gold potatoes
- ¾ cup chicken broth, fat free/low sodium
- 2 tablespoon light sour cream
- ½ tablespoon butter
- Maldon sea salt flakes to taste
Filling:
- 1 lb 93% lean ground turkey
- 1 lb 99% extra lean ground turkey
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- ½ onion, diced
- 1 cup celery, chopped (1 cup = about 2 stalks)
- 1 cup carrots, chopped (1 cup = about 4 medium carrots)
- 1 cup peas
- 1 (15 oz) can corn
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 8 oz mushrooms, diced
- 1½ cup chicken broth, fat free/low sodium
- 3 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
- 2½ tablespoon flour
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
- Maldon sea salt flakes to taste
- ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- 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!
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice