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Turkey Cottage Pie with Sweet Potato Mash

Ground turkey and vegetables in gravy under a sweet potato mash, baked until set.

Turkey Cottage Pie with Sweet Potato Mash, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
55 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$9.43

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 lb ground turkey (93% lean)
  • 2 lb sweet potatoes
  • 3 tbsp unsalted butter
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 1/2 lb carrots
  • 3 clove garlic
  • 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/4 cup chicken broth
  • 10 oz frozen mixed vegetables
  • 1 tsp dried thyme
  • 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce

Method

  1. Boil the peeled sweet potato chunks until tender, 15 minutes. Drain and mash with the butter and plenty of salt.

  2. Heat the oven to 400F. Brown the turkey in a skillet.

  3. Add the diced onion and carrot and cook 6 minutes, then the garlic.

  4. Sprinkle over the flour, stir, then add the broth, worcestershire and thyme and simmer until thick.

  5. Stir in the frozen vegetables, transfer to a baking dish and spread the sweet potato mash over.

  6. Bake 30 minutes until browned at the edges.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 11 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£27.88£6.9711 of 11 ingredients
Australia$63.13$15.7811 of 11 ingredients
Egypt‏١٬٣٦٣٫٩٥ ج.م.‏‏٣٤٠٫٩٩ ج.م.‏11 of 11 ingredients
Canada$112.43$28.1111 of 11 ingredients
United States$37.73$9.4310 of 11 ingredients
Greece30,71 €7,68 €10 of 11 ingredients
Spain22,75 €5,69 €10 of 11 ingredients
Germany31,26 €7,82 €10 of 11 ingredients
Mexico$824.18$206.0510 of 11 ingredients
Austria€ 40,52€ 10,1310 of 11 ingredients
New Zealand$59.02$14.769 of 11 ingredients

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