Rendang Shepherd’s Pie
Level
moderate
Cooking
90 min
Preparation
35 min
Ingredients
Servings
4
Beef minced | 750 g |
Carrot cubed | 1 |
Lemongrass cut into 4 inches and pounded | 1 stalk |
Turmeric Leaf | 1 |
Kaffir Lime Leaves finely sliced | 6 |
Cinnamon Stick 2-inches | 1 |
Cloves | 3 |
Star Anise | 3 |
Cardamom pods | 3 |
Thick Coconut Milk | 1 cup |
Palm Sugar | 1 tbsp |
Grated Coconut for the kerisik (toasted coconut) | 3⁄8 cup |
Tamarind pulp, for the tamarind liquid | |
Cooking Oil | 1⁄3 cup |
Salt to taste | |
Water | 1 cup |
| Spice Paste | |
Galangal | 1 inch |
Ginger | 1 inch |
Lemongrass white part only | 3 stalks |
Shallots | 5 |
Garlic | 5 cloves |
Dried Chillies soaked in warm water and deseeded | 12 |
| Shepherd’s Pie Topping | |
Potatoes skins removed | 900 g |
Thickened Cream | 3 tbsp |
Butter | 85 g |
Salt | 1⁄2 tbsp |
How to cook
Prepare ingredients
- Soak dried chilies in warm water and deseeded.
- Blend the spice paste ingredients in a food processor until fine.
- To prepare the kerisik (toasted coconut), add the grated coconut to a dry wok and stir repeatedly until golden brown.
- To prepare tamarind liquid, add 2 tsp tamarind pulp soaked in 2 tbsp of warm water for the juice. Discard the seeds, once done.
Cook beef
- Heat the oil in a stew pot. Add the spice paste, cinnamon, cloves, star anise, and cardamom pods. Stir-fry until aromatic.
- Add the minced beef, pounded lemongrass and turmeric leaf. Stir for 1 min.
- Add coconut milk, tamarind liquid and water. Simmer on medium heat, stirring frequently until the beef is almost cooked.
- Add the finely sliced kaffir lime leaves, kerisik (toasted coconut) and palm sugar. Stir to blend well with the beef.
- Set heat to low, cover the lid and simmer for 60-90 mins, or until the beef is tender and the gravy has dried up.
- Add more salt and sugar to taste.
- Remove visible spice remnants like star anise, turmeric leaf and lemongrass.
- While beef simmers, heat the oven to 180°C.
Prepare Shepherd’s Pie Topping
- Add cold water to the pot until potatoes (skin removed) are covered by 1 inch. Add salt to the water. Boil until they are tender when pierced with a fork.
- Drain, then mash with butter and thickened cream.
Start baking
- Put the cooked beef into an ovenproof dish, top with the mash and ruffle with a fork.
- Bake for 20-25 mins until the top turns golden brown and the minced beef is bubbling at the edges.
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