This classic shepherd's pie recipe starts by making a savory base of ground beef and vegetables in tangy tomato gravy. It's topped with a layer of buttery mashed potatoes to make the perfect comfort food for your hungry family.
Ingredients
- vegetable oil: 1 Tbsp
- onion: 1 piece (chopped)
- garlic: 2 clove (minced)
- thyme: 1 tsp (dried)
- rosemary: 1 tsp (dried)
- salt: 1 tsp
- pepper: 1 tsp
- lean ground beef: 1 pound
- all-purpose flour: 4 tsp
- Heinz Tomato Ketchup: 0.25 cup
- Heinz® Tomato Juice: 0.75 cup
- Heinz Worcestershire Sauce: 2 Tbsp
- Dijon mustard: 2 Tbsp
- frozen mixed vegetables (such as peas and carrots): 1 cup
- cooked, warm, mashed potatoes: 3 cups
- butter: 2 Tbsp
- clove garlic: 1 piece (minced)
- warm milk: 0.66667 cup
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
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Heat oil in a skillet set over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, thyme, rosemary, and 1/2 of the salt and pepper. Cook, stirring often, for 5 to 7 minutes.
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Crumble ground beef into pan and cook until brown all over. Sprinkle with flour. Stir in ketchup, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce and mustard. Simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in mixed vegetables. Transfer to a 9-inch baking dish.
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Whip mashed potatoes with warm milk, remaining salt and pepper, butter, and garlic until very fluffy. Spread potatoes evenly over meat mixture.
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Bake in the preheated oven until potatoes are golden on top, about 35 minutes.
