Springtime Shepherd's Pie

Name: Springtime Shepherd's Pie
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1½kg floury potatoes , King Edward or desiree are good; 500g lamb mince; 2 leeks , thinly sliced; 4 spring onions , sliced; 2 carrots , diced; 1 stick celery , diced; 1 courgette , diced; 200ml tub half-fat crème fraîche; 1 lemon , zest; 50g butter; 100ml milk; 1 bunch parsley , leaves only, chopped; 1 bunch chive , chopped

Fresh tasting & very moreish, this just needs a green salad to go with it

By bbcgoodfood · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients

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Why it works: Carrot and celery match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,173 recipes. Both carry myristicin, which smells spice, warm. The science ↓

Springtime Shepherd's Pie

Serves 6

Prep50 min

Cook20 min

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

795Calories

40 gProtein

41 gFat

70 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Lamb	100g cooked	294
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Carrot	1 medium (61g)	25
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Celery	1 stalk (40g)	6
Parsley	1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g)	1
Chive	1 tbsp (3g)	1

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By bbcgoodfood. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Carrot + celerytop 1% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together10,173 recipes

Shared aroma: myristicin (spice, warm).
Leek + carrottop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,310 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).
Celery + lemontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together3,467 recipes

Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).
Potato + oniontop 3% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together9,023 recipes

Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).
Leek + celerytop 4% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together1,093 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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