Sweet Potato Cottage Pie

By mdancause

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds ground lamb;
• 2 large sweet potatoes;
• 2 medium sticks celery;
• 2 medium carrots;
• 1 medium onion;
• 3 medium garlic cloves, minced;
• 14 oz can, whole, peeled tomatoes;
• 2 tbsp fresh oregano, chopped;
• 1 tsp chili powder;
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon;
• 2 tsp ground cumin;
• 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil;
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste;

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat your oven to 350 F.

Cut all the vegetables; celery, carrots and onion into slices and the tomatoes into chunks.

In a big bowl, mix all the vegetables, except for the sweet potatoes with the ground lamb.

Add all the spices; chili powder, cinnamon, cumin and oregano as well as salt and pepper to taste to the mix and make sure everything is well combined.

Take an oven ready dutch-oven type pot and pour the olive oil in it. Place half of the sweet potatoes in a layer on the bottom. Place the lamb mixture on top of the sweet potatoes.

Finish up with another layer of the remaining sweet potatoes.

Place in the oven for 1 hour.