Larry's Kitchen
🍳 Shepherd's Pie
🦁 Why Larry Likes This One
Larry loves the lamb hiding under the fluffy potato!
Serves
4
Prep
20 min
Cook
40 min
Level
⭐⭐ Getting Confident
⚠️ Allergen Information
🥛Milk
Always check ingredient labels every time you cook. Ingredients can change. If your child has a diagnosed food allergy, follow their healthcare team's advice.
🥕 Ingredients
- •500 g lamb mince
- •1 onion
- •2 carrots
- •300 ml lamb stock
- •2 tbsp tomato puree
- •800 g potatoes
- •30 g butter
- •50 ml milk
- •100 g frozen peas
- •1 tsp rosemary
🔧 Equipment
saucepanfrying panpotato masherovenproof dish
📝 Method
🔥 Oven/Cooking temperature: 200°C / Gas 6
- 1Adult: preheat the oven to 200°C / Gas 6.
- 2Peel and boil the potatoes. Mash with butter and milk.
- 3Adult: brown the lamb mince in a frying pan.
- 4Add the chopped onion and carrots. Cook for 5 minutes.
- 5Stir in the tomato puree, stock and rosemary.
- 6Simmer for 20 minutes. Add the peas.
- 7Put the meat in an ovenproof dish.
- 8Spread the mash on top.
- 9Adult: bake for 20 minutes until golden.
🦁 My Jobs
- ✓ Peel potatoes
- ✓ Mash potatoes
- ✓ Stir the mince
- ✓ Spread mash on top
👨👩👧 Grown-Up Jobs
- ⚠️ Use the oven and hob
- ⚠️ Handle raw lamb — wash hands
- ⚠️ Use a sharp knife
- ⚠️ Handle hot dish
⚠️ Food Safety
- • Cook mince until no pink remains
- • Wash hands after handling raw meat
- • Dish will be very hot — let it stand before serving
🧩 Try It Your Way
Try beef mince (cottage pie) or lentils for a veggie version.
