Shepherd's Pie with Ground Lamb and Sweet Potatoes
Servings:
Yams mixed with tahini and green onions top this special shepherd's pie.
Prep
25 min
Cook
115 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard
Ingredients
2 large white sweet potatoes
1 pound ground lamb
1 onion
, finely chopped
0.25 cups finely chopped leek
0.25 cups finely chopped celery
1
, 16 ounce
1
, 15 ounce
1 teaspoon ground cumin
, or more to taste
salt and ground black pepper to taste
0.5 cups tahini
0.5 cups finely chopped green onions
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Prick sweet potatoes several times with a fork and place onto a baking sheet.
2
Bake in the preheated oven until easily pierced with a fork, 50 minutes to 1 hour.
3
In the meantime, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir lamb in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
4
Add onion, leek, and celery to the skillet and saute until tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in tomato sauce, chickpeas, cumin, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat; simmer 5 to 10 minutes. Return lamb to the skillet and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes more.
5
Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Pour lamb mixture into a baking pan. Mash the sweet potato in a bowl, stir in tahini and green onions, and spread on top of the lamb.
6
Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling throughout and top is lightly browned, about 40 minutes.
Nutrition per serving
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