Shepherd's Pie with Ground Turkey and Mashed Sweet Potatoes
 
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Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • 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
Instructions
  1. Fill a large pot with cold water and your cubed potatoes. Bring to boil.
  2. Cook for 22-25 minutes, or until fork tender.
  3. While potatoes are cooking, saute onions and carrots in evoo on medium heat until for 4 minutes or until translucent.
  4. Add the ground turkey and cook until no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
  5. Season the turkey mixture with the seasonings from the salt to the smoked paprika and add the frozen peas.
  6. Cook on medium for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, to let flavors marry.
  7. Sprinkle the flour over the mixture and cook for about 3 minutes.
  8. Slowly pour in the chicken broth until the mixture starts to thicken and simmer on low for 10 minutes.
  9. Preheat oven to 350.
  10. While the meat mixture is simmering, drain your potatoes and mash together with the chicken broth, milk, butter, salt and pepper.
  11. In a 9.3x13 inch pyrex dish, spread out the turkey mixture in one layer, then gently spread the potatoes on top.
  12. To create texture on the potatoes, run the tines of a fork vertically and horizontally over the potatoes.
  13. 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/