Cottage pie with sweet potato mash

Ingredients

• Beef Mince

  Sainsbury's

  100g

• Celery

  raw

  30g

• Garlic

  2 cloves raw - Whole Foods Market

  1 cloves, raw or 3g

• Onion

  raw

  1 medium or 110g

• Passata

  Longos

  100 ml or 100g

• Baby Spinach

  Bagged - Trader Joe's

  80g

• Vegetable Stock Cubes

  Tesco

  1 Cube or 10g

• Sun-dried tomatoes

  60g

• Sweet potato

  raw

  1 ½ sweetpotato, 5" long or 195g

• Baby Plum Tomatoes

  Tesco

  1 serving or 100g

• Tomato puree

  canned, unsalted

  2 tbsp or 31g

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 220C / fan 200C / gas mark 7. Boil a kettle. Heat a large frying pan with 1/2 tbsp oil on a medium-high heat and add the beef mince; season with sea salt and black pepper. Cook for 8 mins, until browned, then place in a sieve to drain the fat; set aside. Dissolve the beef stock cube in a jug with 200ml boiling water.
2. Meanwhile, peel the sweet potatoes and chop into 1cm pieces. Add the sweet potatoes to a saucepan and cover with boiling water. Boil for 15 mins, until soft, then drain. Mash in the pan (with a potato masher) and keep warm.
3. Finely dice the onion. Dice the celery and red pepper. Grate the garlic. Using the pan the beef was cooked in, heat 1 tbsp oil on a medium heat, then add the onion and cook for 5 mins. Add the celery, red pepper, garlic and dried Italian herbs. Cook for 5-10 mins until soft, stirring occasionally, then add the beef mince, tomato puree and sundried tomatoes; cook for a further minute. Roughly chop the sundried tomatoes.
4. Cut the baby plum tomatoes in half, then add to the pan along with the beef stock and passata. Simmer for 10 mins, until the sauce has thickened.
5. Add the spinach to the mashed sweet potato, then stir together on a low heat to wilt.
6. Spoon the beef mince into an ovenproof dish and flatten with a fork. Spoon the sweet potato mash over the top, then rake with a fork to give a lined effect. Season the top with sea salt and black pepper.
7. Place the dish in the oven to cook until golden (about 10 mins) or, if you have a grill setting, grill until lightly golden (this should take a few mins). Serve on warm plates.
8. (source: https://www.mindfulchef.com/healthy-recipes/cottage-pie-with-sweet-potato-mash-beef-mince)