Recipe Name Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie Submitted by UUBikerChick
Recipe Description based upon a "Taste of Home" receipe
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Prep Time (minutes) 30 Cook Time (minutes) 30 Ready In (minutes) 60
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Sweet Potato Shepherd's Pie
Ingredients
Amount Measure Ingredient
1
sweetpotato, 5" longSweetpotato, baked, peeled and pureed (ignore cubes)
2
cupspumpkin, canned (15 oz/)
2
cans , 15 oz (303 x 406)corn, canned - drained
4
Usda default (100 gm - 4 oz)Beef, ground, 75% lean meat / 25% fat, raw
4
medium (2-1/2" dia)Onion, chopped
4
cans (14 oz), ready-to-serveTomatoes, canned, diced or petite diced
1
teaspoongarlic minced
2
tablespoonsbutter
1
teaspooncinnamon, ground
1
teaspooncloves, ground
1
teaspoonnutmeg freshly grated
1
tablespoonbrown sugar
1
teaspooncayenne pepper, more or less to taste
2
dashblack pepper (best if freshly ground)
Steps
Sequence Step
1Scrub and pierce sweet potato. Microwave 10-12 min or until tender.
2Cook beef and onion until meat no longer pink. Drain. Add corn, tomatos, spices.I used "Slap Your Mama" instead of cayenne pepper. Place in lightly greased baking dish.
3When sweet potato cool enough to handle, scoop out pulp and place in small mixing bowl with pumpkin. Mash with butter, salt, black pepper and brown sugar. Spread evenly over meat mixture.




Meat mixture




Sweet Potato mixture