Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie

Recipe summary

This is pure comfort food! You can vary the meat in the shepherd’s pie and use ground lamb, veal or beef.

Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 122 minutes
Yield: 6

Ingredients

Sweet Potato Topping

• 2 medium sweet potatoes, scrubbed
• 2 medium Yukon gold potato, scrubbed
• splash of olive oil, for roasting
• Pinch allspice
• Coarse salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
• 1/4 cup 10% cream (60 ml)
• 1 tablespoon butter (15 ml)
• Pinch freshly grated nutmeg

Meat Filling

• 1 tablespoon butter (15 ml)
• 1 pound ground pork (454 g)
• 1/2 pound ground turkey (227 g)
• 4 large shallots, finely, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, finely, diced
• 2 carrots, finely, diced
• 2 teaspoons fresh chopped thyme (10 ml)
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh chopped savoury (2 ml)
• 1 teaspoon fresh chopped rosemary (5 ml)
• Pinch ground cloves
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (2 ml)
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce (15 ml)
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard (15 ml)
• 1 cup chicken stock (250 ml)
• 1/2 cup dry white wine (125 ml)
• Coarse salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste

Assembly

• 3/4 cup 3/4 cup fresh or frozen peas (175 ml)