Shepherd's Pie with Ground Turkey and Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Total time
Author: Keys to the Cucina
Serves: 6
- Mashed Sweet Potatoes:
- 3 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes
- 1 c milk
- ½ c chicken broth
- 1 tbs butter
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- Filling:
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 2 tbs evoo
- 1 large onion, red or yellow, diced
- ½ large carrot, diced
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tbs fresh parsley
- 1 tsp fennel seed
- 1 tsp rosemary
- ½ tsp sage
- ½ tsp thyme
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tbs flour
- ¾ c chicken broth
- 1 9 oz pack frozen peas
- Fill a large pot with cold water and your cubed potatoes. Bring to boil.
- Cook for 22-25 minutes, or until fork tender.
- While potatoes are cooking, saute onions and carrots in evoo on medium heat until for 4 minutes or until translucent.
- Add the ground turkey and cook until no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
- Season the turkey mixture with the seasonings from the salt to the smoked paprika and add the frozen peas.
- Cook on medium for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, to let flavors marry.
- Sprinkle the flour over the mixture and cook for about 3 minutes.
- Slowly pour in the chicken broth until the mixture starts to thicken and simmer on low for 10 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350.
- While the meat mixture is simmering, drain your potatoes and mash together with the chicken broth, milk, butter, salt and pepper.
- In a 9.3x13 inch pyrex dish, spread out the turkey mixture in one layer, then gently spread the potatoes on top.
- To create texture on the potatoes, run the tines of a fork vertically and horizontally over the potatoes.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until bubbly and the potatoes become golden.
Recipe by Keys to the Cucina at https://keystothecucina.com/2014/02/04/shepherds-pie-with-ground-turkey-and-mashed-sweet-potatoes/
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