Description
Hearty Shepherd’s Pie stew blends Irish comfort cuisine with rich lamb and vegetables. Creamy mashed potato topping creates a perfect comfort meal you’ll savor with each warming spoonful.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb (454 g) ground beef
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 carrots, peeled & diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 2 cups beef broth
- 14 oz (397 g) diced tomatoes (canned)
Instructions
- Meat Preparation: Caramelize ground beef in a spacious skillet over medium-high heat, fragmenting into crumbly pieces while developing a rich, golden-brown exterior.
- Aromatic Enhancement: Fold finely diced onions and minced garlic into the browned meat, stirring continuously to release deep, savory undertones without scorching.
- Vegetable Integration: Add diced carrots and celery, allowing them to soften and meld seamlessly with the meat mixture, creating a robust textural foundation.
- Liquid Foundation: Stream beef broth and canned tomatoes into the skillet, generating a rich, flavorful base that envelops all ingredients with complex, layered dimensions.
- Simmering Process: Reduce heat and cover, allowing the stew to gently simmer for approximately 20 minutes, enabling ingredients to harmonize and intensify their individual flavor profiles.
- Final Touches: Introduce frozen peas during the last five minutes of cooking, delicately stirring to distribute evenly while maintaining their vibrant color and tender texture.
- Seasoning Refinement: Adjust flavor with salt and freshly ground black pepper, creating a balanced, nuanced taste that complements the hearty ingredients.
- Resting Phase: Remove from heat and allow the stew to rest momentarily, permitting flavors to consolidate and deepen before serving.
Notes
- Drain Excess Fat: Remove extra grease from meat to prevent a heavy, oily texture and maintain a clean, robust flavor profile.
- Vegetable Timing: Add softer vegetables like peas later to preserve their vibrant color, texture, and nutritional value during cooking.
- Seasoning Strategy: Adjust salt and pepper at the end of cooking to precisely balance flavors after ingredients have fully developed their individual tastes.
- Resting Technique: Allow stew to rest briefly after cooking, enabling flavors to meld and intensify, creating a more harmonious and delicious final dish.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Lunch
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 600 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 20 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg