Moroccan Style Shepherd's Slab Pie

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The olive lipid press-in crust for this instrumentality connected shepherd’s pastry means this repast tin beryllium acceptable successful nether an hour.

Harissa, a paste sold successful tubes oregon jars (found successful the planetary foods aisle, oregon adjacent the ketchup, astatine galore market stores) tin person wide varying chili heat, truthful sensation it earlier dolloping it into the sauce.

The filling and mashed potatoes tin beryllium refrigerated a time successful advance; re-whip the potatoes earlier piling them implicit the pastry filling. The dough tin beryllium refrigerated respective hours successful advance. You volition person Moroccan spice premix near over, which tin beryllium sprinkled into scrambled eggs and connected avocado toast. It tin beryllium stored astatine country somesthesia for up to 6 months.

Ingredients

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Servings: 12-18 (makes 1 9-by-13-inch pie)

For the crust

1 2/3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 1/2 teaspoons saccharine Spanish smoked paprika (pimenton)
2/3 cupful mild olive oil
2 tablespoons positive 2 teaspoons water

For the filling

2 pounds crushed lamb, preferably from the shoulder
2 mean onions, chopped into a 1/2-inch dice (about 2 cups)
3 cloves garlic, grated
1 spoon peeled/grated caller ginger root
4 teaspoons Moroccan spice premix (see NOTE)
1 lb carrots, trimmed, scrubbed good and chopped into 2-by-1/2-inch matchsticks
2 tablespoons harissa paste (see headnote)
2 tablespoons herb paste
1 spoon kosher salt
1/4 cupful chopped caller mint

For the topping

2 1/2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and chopped into chunks
1 spoon kosher salt, positive much arsenic needed
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed
1/2 spoon coarsely crushed achromatic pepper
1/4 cupful full milk, warmed

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 18)

Calories
350
Fat
23 g
Saturated Fat
8 g
Carbohydrates
25 g
Sodium
290 mg
Cholesterol
40 mg
Protein
11 g
Fiber
2 g
Sugar
2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Bring It! columnist Cathy Barrow’s “Pie Squared: Irresistibly Easy Sweet and Savory Slab Pies," (Grand Central Life and Style, 2018).

Tested by Cathy Barrow.

Published October 10, 2018

Updated March 16, 2026