Leftover Turkey Shepherd's Pie (paleo and gluten-free)
Growing up, leftover turkey was assigned to white bread, mayo, and iceburg lettuce. Then I turned paleo…now what? Although turkey meat is nice and clean and yummy, sometimes you just want something different! 🙂
Although Shepherd’s Pie traditionally uses ground lamb and white potatoes, I thought I’d try my own holiday version ~ leftover turky and sweet potatoes!
Leftover Turkey Shepherd’s Pie
Ingredients
Directions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Place diced sweet potatoes in the pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and let cook until potatoes are fork tender.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large skillet on high-heat, cook the ghee, mushroms, carrots, celery, and onion until onions are translucent and celery starts to become tender.
- Add turkey, tomato sauce, celery seed, salt, pepper, Sriracha, and broth. Stir and heat for an additional 5 minutes on medium-low heat.
- Add mixture to an 8x8 baking dish.
- In a mixer, add sweet potatoes, broth and salt and pepper. Add additional broth (one tablespoon at a time) to the sweet potatoe mixture until smooth. Season as necessary. (I season my homemade turkey broth when I make it, so it is already very seasoned). Taste your mixture as you make it to make sure it is as you like it.
- Spread the sweet potato mixture over the turkey mixture. Make sure that it extends to all edges of the baking dish as to seal in the turkey mixture.
- Bake for 35 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand for 30 minutes. Serve immediately.
- Enjoy!
Ingredients
Directions
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Place diced sweet potatoes in the pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and let cook until potatoes are fork tender.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large skillet on high-heat, cook the ghee, mushroms, carrots, celery, and onion until onions are translucent and celery starts to become tender.
- Add turkey, tomato sauce, celery seed, salt, pepper, Sriracha, and broth. Stir and heat for an additional 5 minutes on medium-low heat.
- Add mixture to an 8x8 baking dish.
- In a mixer, add sweet potatoes, broth and salt and pepper. Add additional broth (one tablespoon at a time) to the sweet potatoe mixture until smooth. Season as necessary. (I season my homemade turkey broth when I make it, so it is already very seasoned). Taste your mixture as you make it to make sure it is as you like it.
- Spread the sweet potato mixture over the turkey mixture. Make sure that it extends to all edges of the baking dish as to seal in the turkey mixture.
- Bake for 35 minutes. Remove from oven and let stand for 30 minutes. Serve immediately.
- Enjoy!