Guiness Shepherd's Pie

This is a back dated recipe I cooked for our X'mas party. I found the recipe here, a not so difficult or troublesome recipe, I altered the recipe slightly to best suit our taste buds, however, it still tasted too Guiness to us :p

Ingredients

1 tsp black pepper

500g ground lamb

1 large onion, finely diced

1 cup frozen baby peas

3-4 sprigs fresh rosemary

2 tbsp flour

1 tbsp butter

1 can Guiness stout

3 tbsp ketchup

3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

2 tbsp Maggi's concentrated liquid chicken stock

6 (about 200g each) Russet potatoes, cooked, peeled

40g butter

125 milk + dairy cream

grated parmesan cheese

1. Preheat oven to 200C
2. Saute onions in the olive oil for a minute or 2, then add the meat
3. Season with black pepper and rosemary
4. Cook until brown then drain fat
5. Add the butter and peas
6. Sprinkle with flour and stir through
7. Add ketchup, Guiness, Worcestershire sauce and chicken stock
8. Let simmer til stock thicken. Season and remove from heat
9. Mash cooked potatoes until smooth, add butter and milk (and cream), stir until combined. Taste and season with salt and pepper
10. Grease a 9" x 13" dish with butter and add the lamb mixture
11. Spoon in mashed potatoes over top. Sprinkle with cheese
12. Bake for 20 minutes or til the potato is browned on top.