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Slow Cooker Shepherd’s Pie
How to cook the most delicious slow cooker shepherd’s pie. This shepherd’s pie slow cooker recipe is loaded with lean minced lamb, hidden veggies, red lentils, topped with creamy mashed potatoes and is full of great flavour.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
4 hrs
Total Time
4 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 954 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
International
Ingredients
Slow Cooker Mash
- 1 kg white potatoes
- 2 Tbsp butter/margarine
- 4 Tbsp skimmed milk
- 1 Tsp mixed herbs
- salt & pepper
Shepherd’s Pie Filling
- 750 g lamb mince
- 1 medium onion
- 3 large carrots
- 2 celery sticks
- 2 Cans Tinned Tomatoes
- 1 Tbsp tomato puree
- 4 Tbsp dried red lentils
- 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tbsp parsley
- salt & pepper
- 400 g frozen peas
Kitchen Gadgets:
- Crockpot
Instructions
- Peel your white potatoes and dice them and load the potatoes into the slow cooker with half the butter or margarine, salt, pepper, and mixed herbs. Allow to slow cook for 90 minutes on high to create soft mashed potatoes. After 90 minutes put the potatoes to one side in a suitable bowl and add the milk and other half of the butter.
- Whilst the potatoes are cooking in the slow cooker, peel and dice the onion and the carrots as well as cleaning and slicing the celery.
- When the slow cooker is done, and you have emptied out the potatoes use the slow cooker on the stovetop to sauté the onion, celery, and carrots with extra virgin olive oil.
- Once the veggies are sautéed add in the minced lamb and brown all over but don’t cook.
- Then remove the slow cooker from the stovetop and add everything else into the slow cooker (apart from the potatoes and peas) and mix well. Slow cook for 90 minutes on high. When the slow cooker is back on mash your potatoes with the butter and milk until they are nice and creamy.
- After 90 minutes stir in the peas, fork test your carrots to make sure they are cooked and if needed add some extra mash to thicken up your shepherds pie filling.
- Load up with mash potatoes and then slow cook on high for 1 hour before serving.
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Notes
- Mince. I highly recommend using 5% fat minced lamb. This is because the lower in fat the less greasy the mince will become as it cooks in the slow cooker.
- Thicken. I always use a little mash potato as a natural thickener. It tastes so good, and you are already making mash to go with the pie so why not?
- Thanks for reading our shepherds pie in slow cooker on Recipe This. We have many more slow cooker recipes for you to check out next. Though if you would like more slow cooker dinner recipes, do check out our slow cooker sausages and onion gravy recipe next.
Nutrition Information
Calories
954kcal
(48%)
Carbohydrates
82g
(27%)
Protein
49g
(98%)
Fat
50g
(77%)
Saturated Fat
23g
(115%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3g
Monounsaturated Fat
19g
Trans Fat
3g
Cholesterol
152mg
(51%)
Sodium
561mg
(23%)
Potassium
2097mg
(60%)
Fiber
19g
(76%)
Sugar
17g
(34%)
Vitamin A
9143IU
(183%)
Vitamin C
117mg
(130%)
Calcium
199mg
(20%)
Iron
9mg
(50%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 954
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 954kcal | 48% |
| Carbohydrates | 82g | 27% |
| Protein | 49g | 98% |
| Fat | 50g | 77% |
| Saturated Fat | 23g | 115% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 19g | 95% |
| Trans Fat | 3g | 150% |
| Cholesterol | 152mg | 51% |
| Sodium | 561mg | 23% |
| Potassium | 2097mg | 45% |
| Fiber | 19g | 76% |
| Sugar | 17g | 34% |
| Vitamin A | 9143IU | 183% |
| Vitamin C | 117mg | 130% |
| Calcium | 199mg | 20% |
| Iron | 9mg | 50% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.