Sweet potato shepherd's pie
Serves: 6-8
Prep time: 30 minsTotal time: 
Recipe photograph by Ant Duncan
Sweet potato shepherd's pie
Recipe by Anna Glover
Top your shepherd's pie with sweet potato for a lighter meal. Serve with your favourite greens
Serves: 6-8
Prep time: 30 minsTotal time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
370Kcal
Fat
12gr
Saturates
5gr
Carbs
41gr
Sugars
12gr
Fibre
8gr
Protein
21gr
Salt
0.8gr
Anna Glover
Anna is our former Creative Food Editor, and a cookery writer and food stylist. She loves a challenge and is known for whipping up interesting flavour combinations. She’s still in search of the best pizza in the world
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Anna Glover
Anna is our former Creative Food Editor, and a cookery writer and food stylist. She loves a challenge and is known for whipping up interesting flavour combinations. She’s still in search of the best pizza in the world
See more of Anna Glover’s recipes
Ingredients
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 250g mushrooms (any kind), diced
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 x 500g pack 10% fat lamb mince
- 2 medium carrots, grated coarsely
- 2 celery stalks, grated and any strings discarded
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 4 sprigs thyme, leaves picked
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce (optional)
- 1 x 400g tin green lentils, rinsed and drained
- about 900g sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 50ml coconut or soya milk (or cow’s milk, if no DF requirement)
Step by step
Get ahead
Assemble up to 1 day ahead, keep in the fridge and add 10-15 minutes to the cooking time.
- Heat the oil in a large nonstick pan. Add the onion and fry with a pinch of salt until tender, for about 10 minutes. Add the mushrooms and garlic and fry for another 5 minutes before adding the lamb mince, grated carrot and celery. Cook for 10 minutes until the vegetables are tender and the mince has browned.
- Add the cornflour, tomato purée, thyme leaves, Worcestershire sauce (if using) and lentils. Add 300ml water and cover. Simmer for 10 minutes until you get a lovely gravy that coats the mince. Add a splash more water if you need to. Heat the oven to 220°C, fan 200°C, gas 7.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the sweet potatoes for 10-15 minutes until very tender. Drain and leave them to steam dry for a minute, then mash well with salt, pepper and the milk to make a smooth mash.
- Spoon the cooked mince mixture into an ovenproof dish. Spoon the sweet-potato mash over the top and spread with the back of a spoon or a fork. Create a few peaks, which will crisp up when baked.
- Cook for 20-30 minutes until golden and bubbling – grill for the last few minutes if you want a little more colour on top. Leave to stand for 10 minutes before serving with peas or greens.
