Mexican Shepherd’s Pie With Gran Luchito Chipotle Chilli Paste
By Gran Luchito
Published on 22 May 2022
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Mexican shepherd is a pastor, so this is pastor’s pie really and it works
really well. We highly recommend you try this one on a cold rainy night. Real
comfort food with a gentle warming smoked chilli kick.For more recipe ideas and inspiration visit http://gran.luchito.com/recipes-and-ideas.Time and servings
2 hrsTotal time
4Servings
30 minsPrep time
1 hr 30 minsCooking time
Ingredients
- 1 tsp of plain flour
- 1.5 kg of potatoes
- 1 tbsp of olive oil
- 4 knobs of butter
- 500 g of lamb mince
- 400 g of chopped tomatoes, tinned
- 250 ml of vegetable stock, or lamb stock
- 100 ml of milk
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 handful of fresh rosemary
- 1 onion
- 2 carrots
- 2 celery sticks
- 2 tsp of gran luchito smoked chipotle chilli paste
Method
Step 1
Fry the lamb mince on a high heat until nicely browned (this will add to the flavour). Remove any fat with a spoon.Step 2
Add the Gran Luchito Smoked Chipotle Paste and plain flour. Stir well.Step 3
Roughly chop and stir in all the fresh veg apart from the potatoes (carrots, onion, garlic, celery) along with the rosemary (finely chopped).Step 4
Reduce the heat and gently fry together for about 10 mins.Step 5
Add the canned tomatoes, stock and seasoning.Step 6
Bring to the boil and then simmer for about an hour (or longer if possible), stirring occasionally to prevent from catching at bottom.Step 7
Meanwhile, prepare the mashed potato for the top. You've got a couple of options here: either chop the potatoes into evenly sized chunks and boil in salted water until tender, or bake whole potatoes until tender and remove from skins.Step 8
Add milk, butter, salt & pepper and mash (make sure you get all lumps out).Step 9
Preheat your oven to about 200C/390F.Step 10
Assemble the pie with the lamb mix underneath the mashed potato topping. Add a few knobs of butter on top and put in the oven for about 25 mins. If you want the top really crispy, pop it under the grill afterwards (don’t let it burn).