Beef Ragù Over Creamy Mashed Potatoes
with Peas, Carrots & Crispy Fried Onions
- Milk
- Wheat
In this savory and satisfying dish, ground pork is cooked with sweet carrots and peas, fragrant garlic, and a speedy mirepoix paste for a complex and delicious ragù in no time at all. Piled over buttery mashed potatoes swirled with crème fraîche and sprinkled with crispy golden fried onions, this hearty meal is bursting with flavor. Buon appetito!
Ingredients
12 ounce
Potatoes
1 unit
Tomato Paste
6 ounce
Carrot
4 ounce
Peas
2 tablespoon
Crème Fraîche
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 clove
Garlic
1 tablespoon
Italian Seasoning
1 ounce
Mirepoix Paste
1 unit
Crispy Fried Onions
(Contains: Wheat)
10 ounce
Ground Beef
Not included in your delivery
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. • Place potatoes in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 10-12 minutes. Reserve ½ cup potato cooking liquid, then drain. Return potatoes to pot and keep covered off heat until Step 4.
• While potatoes cook, trim, peel, and dice carrots into ½-inch pieces. Peel and mince or grate garlic.
• Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add carrots; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until slightly softened, 2-3 minutes. • Add pork*, garlic, tomato paste, Italian Seasoning, salt, and pepper. Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until pork is browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes. • Reduce heat to medium. Add peas, stock concentrate, and ½ cup plain water (¾ cup for 4 servings); cook, stirring, until thickened and flavors meld, 2-3 minutes. Stir in mirepoix paste. (TIP: If ragù becomes too thick, stir in splashes of water.) Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Swap in beef for pork.
• Return pot with drained potatoes to stovetop over low heat. Add crème fraîche and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings). Mash until smooth and creamy, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed. Season to taste with salt and pepper. • Divide mashed potatoes between shallow bowls. Using the back of a spoon, create a well in mashed potatoes; top with ragù. Sprinkle with crispy fried onions and serve.
Ground Beef is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many enjoyed this comforting dish, though some found it a bit bland. Consider boosting flavor with extra seasoning or garlic salt 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy to make, with well-written directions allowing for efficient multitasking during potato cooking time.
- Suggestions: Try using your favorite pasta sauce instead of tomato paste for richer flavor. Adding an extra potato helps stretch the dish.
- Portions: Some felt the potato-to-ragù ratio was off; consider increasing the amount of mashed potatoes if desired.
Reviews from our home cooks
A new family favorite. It was a little time-consuming but it is one of a few recipes where the directions are written so well that you can multi-task. Prep is easy and simple, you are able to get through most of it while cooking the potatoes (which I feel is rare in other dishes), and I didn't feel rushed through the cooking process.
Very quick and easy to make. Tastes much like shepherds pie.
The potatoes were small so we had a lot of ragu that was ok (no flavor) and a small amount of mashed potatoes. Also couldn't tell there was any tomato paste in the sauce.
So comforting. I didn't even peel the potatoes, just washed and diced! This is one we will have again!
I replaced the generic tomato paste with my preferred pasta sauce, which was a really nice improvement that made it perfect.
I added a potato since my granddaughter was eating with us. We all really enjoyed this and I will make it again
Soooo delicious! I was sceptical at first but we fell in love with it! Definitely want it to be a weekly meal!
Tasted really good, not enough potatoes though and instructions could be a bit more clear.
