Give a healthy spin in your traditional shepherd's pie recipe by making it with mashed cauliflower. This Mashed Cauliflower Shepherd’s Pie is very filling, low-carb, gluten-free, paleo-friendly and the most important very DELICIOUS!
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword dinner, gluten-free, healthy, low-carb, lunch, Special Diet
In a big pot, bring water to a boil and add cauliflower.
Cook until tender.
Drain in a colander.
Place the cooked cauliflower in a food processor, add 1 tbsp olive oil and garlic and blend until smooth.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high and sauté onions until translucent.
Add carrots, salt, and pepper. Cook until softened.
Add the garlic and cook for one minute.
Add the ground turkey and use a wooden spoon to break up into chunks and cook until it is not pink anymore.
Add the tomato sauce, tomato paste, and ½ cup chicken broth.
Bring the mixture to a simmer and stir occasionally for 10 minutes.
Add peas, corn, and thyme. Stir well to combine and cook for two minutes.
Once the mixture has thickened, give it a taste and adjust the seasoning if needed.
Spread the mashed cauliflower over the turkey mixture.
Bake in the oven for about 30 minutes or until the edges of the mashed cauliflower are browned.
Rest the pie for about 15 minutes before serving.
Notes
Feel free to swap the ground turkey for another ground meat such as ground beef.
When buying the cauliflower, make sure the head is firm, tight, and do not have yellow patches.
If you don't have a cast-iron skillet, you can transfer everything into a casserole baking dish.
To store: Store leftover shepherd's pie in the fridge tightly wrapped for up to 4 days.
To reheat: You can reheat leftovers in the oven or microwave.
To freeze: You can tightly wrap up the mashed cauliflower shepherd's pie and freeze it for up to 2 months. As usual, make sure the dish is at room temperature before freezing. If you plan on freezing the whole casserole, I recommend baking it in a foil pan as they're much lighter to freeze.