Shepherd's Pie for each age and stage

Shepherd's Pie for each age and stage

Ingredients

• 500g lean Quality Mark beef or  lamb mince

• 1 Tbsp oil • 420g jar pasta sauce *

• 1 stalk celery, finely chopped

• 6 button mushrooms, sliced

• 1 carrot, peeled and finely  chopped

• 1 courgette and/or other  seasonal green vegetables,  finely chopped

• 4 medium potatoes, peeled  and quartered

Method

1. Pre-heat oven to 180° C.

2. Brown mince in the oil in a hot  pan, breaking the mince up  into small pieces with the back  of a spoon. This is best done in  two batches.

3. Stir in pasta sauce * and  vegetables except the  potatoes.

4. Cover and simmer gently for 15  minutes.

5. Boil the potatoes in unsalted  water until tender. Drain and  mash.

6. Spoon mixture into a pie dish  and top with mashed potato.

7. Bake at 180 O C for 15 minutes or  until top is golden.

8. Serve with steamed green  vegetables.

*Leave this ingredient out for babies  around 6 months - see Smooth Stage  on opposite page for more details.  

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Recipe from NZ Beef and Lamb brochure here.

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