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Sophie’s Shepherds Pie with Champ

Sophie’s Shepherds Pie with Champ
Prep Time
25 min
Cook Time
1h 15 min
Yields
2 servings

Sophie’s shepherds pie with champ – two ways for you and your loved one.

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ingredients

Champ Topping

sea salt
6
floury potatoes, peeled and chopped
handful of frozen peas
4
spring onions roughly chopped
knob of butter
50
mL milk
freshly ground pepper
150
g cheddar cheese – broken into chunks
¼
tsp smoked paprika

Tomato Sauce Base

2
red onions, peeled & roughly chopped
2
clove garlic, peeled & crushed
4
small carrots, peeled & chopped into small pieces
2
sticks of celery, chopped into small pieces
2
can plum tomatoes
1
Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1
tsp tabasco
¼
tsp smoked paprika
2
bay leaves
175
mL red wine
200
mL vegetable stock
couple of springs of rosemary
splash of balsamic vinegar
small handful of flat leaf parsley, roughly chopped
sea salt and freshly ground pepper

Beef Mixture

250
g lean beef mince

Lentil Mixture

1
tin Puy lentils
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directions

Step 1

For the champ topping, heat a pan of water, season with salt and add the potatoes and bring gently to the boil, simmer gently.

Step 2

For the tomato sauce base, heat a large frying pan and add some olive oil. Add the chopped onion, garlic, carrots and celery and fry gently to soften a little for 5-10 minutes.

Step 3

Add the tinned tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, smoked paprika, bay leaves, red wine, vegetable stock and the rosemary.

Step 4

Add the balsamic vinegar and some roughly chopped parsley and season well with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil.

Step 5

At this stage the sauce needs to cook for a few minutes on a medium heat until the vegetables are soft and then it is ready to be divided in two.

Step 6

For the beef mince – heat a frying pan, add a pack of lean beef mince and fry off until the mince is a nice brown colour.

Step 7

Transfer half the tomato sauce into the browned beef.

Step 8

Add the tin of lentils to the remaining tomato sauce.

Step 9

Leave both frying pans on the hob while you finish the champ.

Step 10

Now finish off the champ topping. When the potatoes are almost done add the frozen peas and cook for a further minutes.

Step 11

Chop the spring onions, melt a knob of butter in a small saucepan and then soften the onions in the butter.

Step 12

Once the onions are softened add the milk and heat gently.

Step 13

Drain the potatoes and peas and mash roughly.

Step 14

Add the milk/butter/spring onion mixture to the potatoes and continue to mash until you have lovely chunky mash.

Step 15

Spoon either some of the lentil or beef mixture into an individual pie dish.

Step 16

Top each of the side dishes with half of the champ. Crumble over the cheese and smoked paprika.

Step 17

Place your individual shepherds pie on a baking sheet in a preheated oven at 200C for about 25 – 30 minutes.

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