Shepherd’s Pie Jackets

A nice variation on a classic British recipe. Serve with steamed green vegetables.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 4  baking potatoes
• 1  lb ground beef
• 1  onion, chopped
• 1  teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1  cup  beef stock
• 1  tablespoon tomato puree or 1  tablespoon tomato paste
•  salt and pepper
•  fresh grated nutmeg
• 1  tablespoon milk
• 1 -2  teaspoon butter
• 1  cup  grated cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Microwave the potatoes on high for about 20 minutes or bake in the oven for an hour on 350°F.
2. Meanwhile, cook the mince and the onion together in a frying pan for approx 10 minutes until the onions are golden (you don’t need oil or butter, there should be enough fat from the beef).
3. Add the Worcestershire, beef stock, tomato paste.
4. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
5. When potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut in half, scoop out flesh into a bowl, leaving a thin layer.
6. To the flesh in the bowl you salt, pepper, nutmeg, milk and butter, mash it together.
7. Preheat grill/broiler.
8. Put the potato skins in a shallow roasting tin, spoon in the meat mixture, then the potato mash and top with cheese.
9. Grill until the cheese has melted and the filling is hot.