Shepherd's Pie Balls
Shepherd's Pie Balls

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have shepherd's pie balls using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's Pie Balls:
  1. Prepare 2 carrots, finely chopped
  2. Take 1 large onion, finely chopped
  3. Make ready 2 tbsp olive oil
  4. Prepare 500 g mince beef
  5. Take 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  6. Take to taste Salt
  7. Make ready to taste Ground black pepper
  8. Take 300 ml red wine
  9. Prepare 8-10 medium potatoes, peeled
  10. Get 1 egg
  11. Take as needed Plain flour
  12. Take Oil for frying
  13. Prepare 1 cheese slice of choice per ball
  14. Take 1/4 tsp turmeric
Instructions to make Shepherd's Pie Balls:
  1. Heat the olive oil in a pan over a medium heat. Add the onions, carrots, garlic and beef to the pan and cook for about 10 minutes stirring regularly.
  2. Season with salt and pepper and add the wine and turmeric. Reduce heat to low and allow to simmer gently for 50-60 minutes or until the sauce has thickened.
  3. In the meantime boil the potatoes in salted water until soft. Allow to drain fully then mash well. Crack in the egg and stir it into the potatoes well season with more salt and pepper if needed.
  4. Add clingfilm to a breakfast bowl and then add a couple of spoonfuls of the mash potatoes. Lightly press the potatoes into the side of the bowls until a smooth well is made in the middle.
  5. Next add 1-2 tablespoons of meat into the potato well. Wrap the potato around the meat into a ball using the clingfilm.
  6. Allow the potatoe balls to sit in the fridge for an hour.
  7. Heat a deep fryer with enough oil to fry the balls. Remove the potatoes from fridge and unwrap from the clingfilm and coat evenly with flour.
  8. Fry the potato balls one by one until evenly golden brown. Transfer to a plate lined with kitchen roll.
  9. Next heat the oven to 180c. Transfer the potato balls to an ovenproof dish. Top each with a cheese slice and bake for 15 minutes. Serve with a salad of choice.

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