We love to celebrate all the different festive holidays from around the world! St Patrick's Day is a day to cheer up with food and drinks. At our academy, we create recipes that are cleaner and leaner without sacrificing flavor. This recipe for mini Shepard's pies is a great rendition of the traditional one and very kid friendly.
Ground turkey mini pie covered with mashed potatoes and cheese.
Prep Time 45 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 minuteminute
Total Time 46 minutesminutes
Servings 4remikans
Author Chef Maria Cummins
Ingredients
1tablespoonolive oil
2clovesgarlicminced
1carrotfinely diced
1small onionchopped
8ouncesground turkey
1/2teaspoonfinely chopped fresh thyme
2tablespoonsketchup
1cuplow-sodium chicken broth or stock
2teaspoonsall purpose flour, unbleached
1/2cupfrozen peasthawed
Kosher salt
1poundgold peeled potatoescubed
1/2cupwarm 2% milk
1/3cupshredded sharp Cheddar
1scallionchopped
freshly ground black pepper
Nonstick cooking spray
29"refrigerated pie crusts
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Heat the oil in a medium ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, carrots and onions; cook until tender and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Add the turkey and thyme, and continue to cook, breaking the turkey up with a spoon, until the turkey is cooked through and lightly browned. Stir in the ketchup and cook until lightly caramelized. Stir the broth and flour together in a small bowl until smooth, and then pour into the skillet. Cook until thickened, about 2 minutes. Stir in the peas and season with 1/4 teaspoon salt.
Meanwhile, place the potatoes in a medium pot and cover with cold salted water. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer until tender when pierced with a knife. Drain the potatoes and return to the pot over low heat. Stir the potatoes for a couple of minutes to dry them out. Add the milk, cheese and scallions, and mash until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
Meanwhile, unroll the pie crusts and roll each crust to 12" in diameter. Cut four 4"rounds from each crust. Press each round on the bottom and sides of a muffin pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 7-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and set aside
Divide turkey mixture among all 4 cups. Top with some cheddar cheese and finish with mashed potatoes
Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes or until crusts are golden brown and mashed potatoes have browned. Broil at 450 degrees F for 5 minutes if needed to brown the potatoes some more
Let it stand for 10 minutes and remove by running a knife outside each pie. Dish and serve warm