Name: Sweet potato-topped cottage pie
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 onion; 250 gram 5% fat beef mince; 2 clove garlic; 1 teaspoon chipotle chilli paste; 1 tin chopped tomatoes; 1 tin mixed beans; 1 kilogram sweet potato jacket; 75 millilitre crème fraîche

Step 1

Heat 1 tbsp olive oil over a low-medium heat in a large pan. Tip in the onion (1) and gently fry for 10 minutes, until softened.

Step 2

Add the mince (250 g) and fry until browned, breaking it up with a wooden spoon as you go along.

Step 3

Add the garlic (2 cloves) and chipotle chilli paste (5 g) and fry for 2 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes (1 tin) and beans (1 tin) , bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 minutes.

Step 4

Meanwhile, cook the sweet potatoes (1 kg) in salted boiling water for about 10 minutes until tender. Drain in a colander and leave to steam-dry for a couple of minutes. Return to the pan, roughly mash and stir in the crème fraîche (75 g) . Check the seasoning.

Step 5

Preheat the grill to high. Tip the beef and bean mixture into a 1.5 litre ovenproof dish and cover with the sweet potato, then grill until golden.

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