Sweet Potato Cauliflower Shepherds Pie Food

SWEET POTATO-CAULIFLOWER SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place sweet potatoes in a pot and add water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook for 15 minutes. Add cauliflower and more water if needed; cook until all vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes more. Drain. Mash sweet potatoes and cauliflower with 1/4 cup broth, butter, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add carrots and onion; saute until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; cook 5 minutes more. Add beef; cook and stir until browned and crumbly, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle tapioca starch over the beef mixture in the skillet. Add 1 cup broth, peas, corn, and tomato paste. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Spread beef mixture evenly in a baking dish. Top with mashed sweet potato mixture. Sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until slightly browned on top, about 25 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes before serving.

TURKEY SHEPHERD'S PIE WITH SWEET POTATO

Steps:

• For the mashed sweet potatoes: Scoop sweet potato flesh into a large bowl and mash with a fork or potato masher. Mix in the cream, butter, coriander, ginger and egg yolks. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Scrape into a pastry bag and set aside.
• For the topping: Mix the cheeses, breadcrumbs and fresh thyme together in a bowl. Set aside.
• For the shepherd's pie: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Render down the bacon in a large saute pan or braiser over medium heat until crispy. Remove to a paper towel-lined plate, leaving the fat in the pan. Add the ground turkey to the pan, and cook, stirring often and breaking apart with a wooden spoon, until evenly browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside. Add the onion, leek and sage, and cook until caramelized, another 7 to 10 minutes.
• Stir in the pine nuts, flour, tomato paste, coriander and ginger and cook for 2 more minutes. Add the chicken stock, carrots and meat, then return to a simmer and cook until reduced and nappe (when it thickly coats the back of a spoon), another 10 to 15 minutes. Taste for seasoning.
• Top with an even layer of the sweet potato mixture. Sprinkle evenly with the breadcrumb topping. Bake until golden brown, about 1 hour. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve.

SWEET POTATO SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan, then fry the onions for 6 mins until starting to turn golden. Add the garlic, carrots and thyme, and cook for 4 mins more. Stir in the mince, breaking it up with the spoon. When it has turned brown, add the lentils and swede with the flour. Cook for 1-2 mins, then gradually add the stock and red wine. Cover and simmer for 35-40 mins.
• Meanwhile, boil all the potatoes for 15-20 mins until tender, then drain and mash with the yogurt, nutmeg and black pepper. Spoon the meat mixture into a 2-litre ovenproof dish, spread or pipe the potato mixture on top, then grill until the topping starts to brown. (If making ahead, reheat in the oven at 180C/160C fan/gas 4 for 45 mins.) Serve with green veg, such as peas and broccoli.

SWEET POTATO SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Scrub and pierce sweet potato; place on a microwave-safe plate. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 10-12 minutes or until tender, turning once., Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook beef and onion until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the corn, tomato sauce and spices. Place in a 1-qt. baking dish coated with cooking spray; set aside., When cool enough to handle, cut potato in half; scoop out the pulp and place in a small bowl. Mash with butter, milk, salt and pepper. Spread evenly over meat mixture., Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until heated through.

SWEET POTATO SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In pot of boiling water, cook potatoes for about 15 minutes or until tender.
• Drain well and return to pot. Add margarine and half of the fresh ground pepper and mash until smooth; set aside.
• In a non-stick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Cook ground round, green pepper and garlic, stirring for 5 minutes.
• Stir in flour and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• Add stock to skillet; bring to a boil.
• Add peas, corn, carrots, and remaining ground pepper.
• Spread mixture into 8-inch (2 L) square baking dish. Spread mashed potato over top.
• Bake in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes or until bubbly around edges.

SWEET POTATO SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Peel, chop and boil sweet potatoes and baking potatoes until tender.
• Preheat oven to 350°. Coat a 9x13-inch pan with cooking spray.
• While potatoes are boiling, heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook onion in oil for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Stir in the ground "beef" (no need to brown), Textured Vegetable Protein, and basil, and cook and stir for 5 more minutes.
• Mix in the garlic, green beans, and tomatoes, and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Transfer beef mixture to prepared dish.
• Mash the potatoes and mix in the eggs. Spread evenly over meat mixture.
• Bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until potatoes start to brown on top.
• Sprinkle with cheese and continue cooking for 5 minutes.

VEGGIE SHEPHERD'S PIE WITH SWEET POTATO MASH

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan, then fry 1 halved and sliced large onion until golden.
• Add 2 large carrots, cut into sugar-cube size pieces and most of the 2 tbsp chopped thyme, reserving a sprinkling for later.
• Pour in 200ml red wine, 150ml water and a 400g chopped tomatoes, then crumble in 2 vegetable stock cubes and simmer for 10 mins.
• Tip in a 410g can green lentils, including the juice, then cover and simmer for another 10 mins until the carrots still have a bit of bite and the lentils are pulpy.
• Meanwhile, boil 950g sweet potatoes, cut into chunks, for 15 mins until tender, drain well, then mash with 25g butter and season to taste.
• Pile the lentil mixture into a pie dish, spoon the mash on top, then sprinkle over 85g grated vegetarian mature cheddar and the remaining thyme. The pie can now be covered and chilled for 2 days, or frozen for up to a month.
• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Cook for 20 mins if cooking straightaway, or for 40 mins from chilled, until golden and hot all the way through. Serve with broccoli.

SHEPHERD'S PIE (LOW CARB)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Chop cauliflower and steam it until very tender.
• Add cream cheese & butter.
• Remove from heat, mash well & season to taste.
• Line a baking dish with ½ of the mashed cauliflower as you would with mashed potatoes.
• Add beef and about 3/4 cheese and mix well.
• Cover the top with the rest of the mashed cauliflower. Top with remaining cheese.
• Bake for about 30 minutes or until the top gets bubbly and begins to brown.