Wood Stove Shepherd’s Pie And A Shepherd’s Hut Stove And Flue Kit Special Offer!

This post will show you how to cook a delicious shepherd’s pie with your small wood burning stove!

Firstly, here is our recipe for a delicious shepherd’s pie.

This recipe can be cooked on your small wood stove in one hour, but the longer you cook it, the more tender the meat becomes. We decided to use diced lamb rather than mince.

We began by finely chopping the onion, mushrooms, celery, tomatoes and turnip.

The vegetables (other than the tomatoes) can be slowly cooked down in a knob of butter or a splash of olive oil. This can then be removed from the pan before browning the meat in the pan. We used a 700g carton of diced free range lamb for this recipe.

You can then mix the vegetables with the meat, adding the chopped tomatoes and the liquor stock! The stock being the following:

A dash of good Port
A squirt of ketchup
4 shakes of soy sauce
A small splash of red wine vinegar
A moderate dash of Reggae reggae sauce
4 crushed garlic cloves
Half a pint of water

This mixture can then be covered and left to slowly cook for the rest of the day. A trivet is a good idea to keep the heat low if you are running the stove hard. As it was not really cold, we just had the stove ticking over, and we slid the cook pot across to the cooler end of the hotplate. Later, the lid can be removed and the mixture can be reduced down.

Peel and slice some potatoes and add them to a pan of water. You will need your small wood burning stove cranked up a little more in order to bring the potatoes to a rolling boil, until they are soft enough to mash. After draining the potatoes, add a good knob of butter, a splash of milk, and some seasoning before mashing it until it’s smooth. Fork the mash onto the top of the mix and pop it it the oven if your wood stove has one.

Serve and enjoy!