Middle Eastern Shepherd's Pie - Middle Eastern Cuisine | Ney's Kitchen

Ingredients

• 3 lbs. Russet potatoes (or any good mashing potatoes), peeled and chopped into chunks
• 2 oz. unsalted butter
• 1-2 tbsp. milk
• 1 oz. cheddar cheese, grated
• Salt to taste
• 2-3 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 1/2 tbsp. ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp. paprika
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 oz. carrots, diced
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tbsp. tomato purée
• 1/2 tsp. chilli flakes
• 1 1/2 tsp. rosemary
• 1 1/2 tsp. fresh mint, roughly chopped plus extra for garnish
• 6 fl. oz. potato water (carefully taken from the boiling pot of potatoes)
• 500g lamb mince
• Salt and pepper to taste