Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie

This saccharine murphy shepherd’s pastry is simply a delicious and patient twist connected nan classical dish. It combines savory flavor-packed nutrient and veggie filling pinch nan somewhat saccharine and creamy texture of whipped saccharine potato. It’s a hearty, comforting yet affordable repast that nan full family will love. Plus you tin make easy substitutions to customize it to your needs and frost it for repast prep too!

I person made this shepherd’s pastry look countless times complete nan years. Since sweet potatoes are successful season autumn done winter, this is nan cleanable comfortableness nutrient to lukewarm you up for nan acold upwind months.

I emotion making it erstwhile I person institution complete for meal because it’s soo tasty and filling. It goes awesome on pinch a veggie broadside for illustration grilled asparagus aliases garlic brussels sprouts. It besides looks really awesome but it’s beautiful easy to make.

If you for illustration easy crowd-pleasing recipes, beryllium judge to besides cheque retired a fewer of my different favorites for illustration this juicy chickenhearted tandoori aliases these lemon herb chickenhearted kabobs.

A Modern Take connected nan Classic Cottage Pie

Cottage pastry has been a British staple for galore years. It was called cottage pastry because primitively this crockery had a nutrient and rootlike guidelines pinch layered slices of murphy which resembled nan tile slats of a accepted English cottage. I would ideate nan crockery is besides dubbed cottage pastry because it’s a hearty and affordable repast that you would apt find successful nan English country-side wherever truthful galore of those charming workplace cottages reside.

The cottage pastry has shape-shifted into what we now cognize arsenic nan shepherd’s pastry pinch a mashed murphy topping which is delicious successful it’s ain right. However, I emotion this modern return pinch a mashed saccharine murphy topping because nan saccharine murphy adds immoderate sweetness and a extent of spirit that you don’t get pinch achromatic potatoes.

Why I emotion this recipe

• I emotion nan spirit and texture of this saccharine murphy shepherd’s pastry recipe. The filling is flavorful, succulent and hearty while nan mashed saccharine potatoes adhd a creamy and rich | texture to apical it off.
• You tin easy substitute almost thing successful this look to suit typical diets aliases preferences. See nan substitution conception below.
• All of nan ingredients are very affordable. Ground beef is 1 of nan cheaper meats that you tin bargain that is besides filling! Bonus!
• It’s packed pinch veggies for illustration onions, carrots, peas and saccharine potatoes arsenic good arsenic macromolecule truthful it makes for a complete meal.
• This look is whole30 compliant, paleo and suitable for the autoimmune paleo diet (with a fewer easy modifications)

Special Diet Considerations for AIP, Paleo, Whole30, etc.

• Autoimmune Paleo (AIP)– If you are connected the autoimmune protocol, you’re astir apt wondering astir nan peas successful this recipe. From what I understand, peas are a “gray area food” truthful they are not a strict yes aliases no. If you’re avoiding peas, you tin omit them and adhd different veggie for illustration cauliflower rice. You’ll besides want to omit capsicum and cumin. Finally for nan topping, beryllium judge to usage coconut lipid alternatively of butter.
• Whole30– This look is people suitable for nan whole30 diet. It’s full nutrient based without immoderate added grains, legumes aliases sugar. You’ll conscionable person to make judge to usage oliva lipid aliases coconut lipid successful spot of butter.
• Paleo– This look is wholly paleo-friendly since location are nary grains, legumes aliases dairy. Many group usage food connected nan paleo diet, but if you’re avoiding it, substitute it pinch oliva lipid aliases coconut oil.
• Gluten Free, Grain Free, Nut Free, Egg Free- This look does not incorporate immoderate gluten, grains, nuts aliases eggs, truthful it’s nan cleanable crockery if you are avoiding immoderate of those nutrient items.
• Dairy Free- There is simply a mini magnitude of food successful nan saccharine murphy topping, but it tin easy beryllium substituted pinch nan aforesaid magnitude of oliva oil, coconut lipid aliases your favourite dairy-free oil.
• Vegetarian & Vegan- Although this look does trust connected nutrient arsenic nan base, it tin beryllium substituted pinch either imitation crushed meat, garbanzo beans aliases sprouted lentils for a ace nutritious plant-based meal. Exchange nan chickenhearted broth for rootlike broth. Don’t hide to switch nan food for your favourite dairy-free lipid to make it vegan.

Recipe Ingredient Substitutions

This saccharine murphy shepherd’s pastry tin beryllium easy customized to suit different tastes and diets. Although I’ve covered a fewer typical fare substitutions successful nan typical fare conception above, I’ll spell into much item astir further substitutions here…

• Ground Beef–
  • Swap retired pinch adjacent parts crushed lamb, bison or, for a low fat version, usage thin crushed turkey.
  • For vegetarian/vegan usage adjacent parts crushed imitation meat, garbanzo beans aliases sprouted lentils.
    • For garbanzo beans usage 1.5 cans drained, skip nan nutrient cooking portion of nan instructions and adhd successful nan garbanzos aft cooking nan vegetables for astir 2 minutes. Then fto nan vegetables proceed to navigator for a fewer minutes on pinch nan garbanzos.
    • For sprouted lentils usage astir 2 cups of germinated lentils. Skip nan instructions for nutrient cooking and adhd successful nan germinated lentils pinch nan vegetables aft they are astir 1 infinitesimal from being done cooking. Sprouted lentils don’t request to beryllium cooked overmuch astatine all, they only request to lukewarm up a bit.
• Avocado Oil- Can beryllium swapped pinch coconut oil, oliva lipid aliases immoderate cooking oil.
• Onion- White, yellowish aliases reddish onions will work. The bulb is beautiful cardinal to adding savory spirit to nan dish. However, if you are connected a low-FODMAP fare aliases for illustration not to usage onions, you tin adhd successful caller chives for spirit and adhd successful much of different rootlike successful nan crockery to dress up for nan bulk mislaid from omitting onions.
• Garlic- You tin omit nan ail if desired, but nan crockery whitethorn suffer immoderate of nan flavor. You whitethorn want to adhd successful a spot much chives aliases adhd successful immoderate coconut aminos aliases worcestershire sauce for nan savory taste.
• Veggies (Mushrooms, Peas and Carrots)- You tin switch retired immoderate of nan veggies for different rootlike of your preference. Peas tin beryllium swapped for cauliflower atom (or finely chopped cauliflower). Mushrooms tin beryllium exchanged for heavy chopped zucchini, but make judge you adhd nan zucchini to nan veggie operation past since it doesn’t request to navigator arsenic agelong arsenic nan different vegetables and whitethorn get soggy if overcooked. Bell peppers tin beryllium swapped successful spot of carrots.
• Herbs (Oregano, Sage, Marjoram and Thyme)- You tin simply omit 1 aliases 2 of nan herbs without it losing excessively overmuch of nan flavor. You tin besides switch immoderate for rosemary aliases tarragon.
• Chicken Broth- For vegetarian/vegan usage rootlike broth instead. You tin besides usage h2o alternatively of broth if needed, but you whitethorn want to adhd successful a small bulb aliases ail powder to dress up for immoderate spirit loss.
• Spices (Black Pepper and Cumin)- If you are connected nan autoimmune paleo fare (AIP) you’ll want to omit these spices and switch successful immoderate bulb and/or ail powder.
• Sweet Potato- You tin switch retired saccharine potatoes for skinned russet aliases reddish potatoes. You tin travel nan aforesaid instructions to roast them, but they whitethorn request to navigator longer until they are wholly soft. You tin besides boil skinned potatoes until they’re soft, drain nan h2o and blend arsenic instructed successful nan recipe. For a keto low-carb shepherd’s pie, you tin substitute nan saccharine murphy topping pinch a pureed cauliflower topping.
• Butter- You tin substitute it for oliva oil, ghee, coconut lipid aliases your favourite dairy-free food substitute.

Storage, Freezing and Reheating for Meal Prep

One point that I emotion astir this shepherd’s pastry is that it keeps awesome for leftovers aliases repast prep. I deliberation it tastes moreover amended nan adjacent mates days! Below are a fewer tips connected storing and freezing…

How agelong will it keep?

• It will support successful nan refrigerator for astir 3-5 days. It will support stiff for astir 1-2 months.

Freezing:

• You tin either frost nan leftovers aliases moreover make a double look and prevention an full shepherd’s pastry successful nan freezer for easy repast prep later.
  • If you determine to make an other pastry for freezing, travel nan look arsenic normal isolated from skip nan last oven bake. Let it cool to room somesthesia past wrap nan full pastry pinch nan crockery successful integrative wrap aliases foil truthful it’s arsenic aerial tight arsenic possible. You tin besides transportation nan pastry to an airtight nutrient retention container. Keep successful nan freezer for astir 1-2 months aliases less.
  • If you’re freezing nan leftovers simply transportation to an airtight nutrient retention container. Keep successful nan freezer for astir 1-2 months aliases less.

Reheating:

• Reheating from nan refrigerator:
  • You tin microwave leftover azygous portions for astir 1.5-3 minutes depending connected nan powerfulness of your microwave.
  • To reheat a ample information of nan pie, group nan oven to 375°F and navigator for astir 25-35 minutes until nan halfway is warm.
• Reheating from frozen:
  • If you’re reheating an full pie, let it to defrost and travel to room temperature, past power nan oven to 375°F and navigator for astir 20 minutes, past bring nan oven to 425°F and navigator for different 10 minutes.

Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie Recipe Tips

• To get nan creamy soft saccharine murphy topping it’s easiest to cook nan saccharine potatoes first pinch nan tegument on, past aft it cools nan tegument easy comes off. Adding nan food aliases coconut lipid to nan puree really helps to soft it retired too.
• You tin use either caller aliases dried herbs for this recipe. I find that nan spirit is simply a spot amended pinch fresh, but dried is still good. I’ve done it some ways and they are some good!
• Sometimes depending connected substitutions aliases freshness of ingredients, nan filling tin get watery aliases soggy for immoderate people. If you navigator nan filling and it seems a spot excessively watery aliases soggy you person 2 options while nan veggies are still successful nan cookware earlier you transportation them to nan pastry dish.
  • The first is to proceed sautéing truthful that immoderate of nan liquid evaporates, but support successful mind this will proceed to navigator nan vegetables and make them moreover softer.
  • The 2nd action is to adhd maize starch aliases arrowroot starch to thicken nan liquid into a much gravy for illustration texture. Add successful 1 spoon while it’s still lukewarm and operation it for a mates minutes, if you want it thicker adhd successful different spoon until it reaches your desired consistency.

How to Make This Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

Start by heating nan oven to 400°F and baking nan saccharine potatoes for astir 45 minutes aliases until soft and fork tender. Let nan saccharine potatoes navigator while you activity connected nan filling. When nan saccharine potatoes are done cooking move nan oven to 425°F.

While nan saccharine potatoes are baking stitchery nan vegetables and herbs.

Chop each nan vegetables and herbs (if utilizing caller herbs), past group aside.

In a pan, power 2 tbsp lipid until hot. Then adhd nan diced onions and operation occasionally for astir 3-5 minutes. Then adhd nan diced ail and herbs. Cook until nan onions are almost translucent and starting to brownish a bit.

Add successful nan crushed beef and break up into mini pieces. Add successful nan salt, capsicum and cumin and operation occasionally until each nan nutrient has browned.

Once nan nutrient has browned, adhd successful nan carrots, mushrooms, peas and broth past stir. Cover pinch a lid and let to cook. Stir each fewer minutes until nan carrots person softened.

Remove nan filling substance from nan power and group aside. Once nan saccharine potatoes person cooled capable to handle, region nan skins from nan cooked saccharine potatoes and spot them successful a bowl.

Add nan broth, food and oversea salt, past mash pinch a murphy masher, immersion blender aliases nutrient processor until smooth.

Get a 9 inch pastry crockery aliases baking crockery and move nan filling substance in. Evenly spot nan saccharine murphy substance complete nan filling and dispersed to cover. Bake nan shepherd’s pastry astatine 425°F for astir 20 minutes.

Let cool and serve!

What to service on pinch this saccharine murphy shepherd’s pie

Although this shepherd’s pastry is beautiful hearty and filling connected it’s own, it’s ever bully to person immoderate other sides particularly if you’re having institution over. A bully ray crockery is simply a awesome action to bring successful immoderate crunch. My grain-free flax bread aliases southern style biscuits would beryllium a awesome summation to soak up each of nan delicious juices. Some creamy roasted rootlike soup whitethorn besides beryllium a bully broadside connected acold wintertime nights.

This saccharine murphy shepherd’s pastry look was primitively posted successful September of 2017, but has been republished successful March of 2023 to see caller tips connected typical diets, storage, repast prep and substitutions.

Hannah Healy

Hannah Healy is nan laminitis of Healy Eats Real, a wellness and wellness website that provides patient recipes and adjuvant accusation connected wellness. Hannah is nan published writer of The Ultimate Paleo Cookbook. Her activity has been featured connected Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Redbook, fittingness and MSN.