Donal Skehan served up his family favourite Shepherd’s pie with lamb shanks on This Morning.

The ingredients are: 2 tbsp olive oil, 4 lamb shanks, 1 large onion, finely chopped, 2 medium carrots, finely chopped, 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced, 6 sprigs fresh thyme, 500ml fresh chicken stock, 2 tbsp tomato puree, 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce, 2 tbsp tomato ketchup, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

For the mash: 1.5kg potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks, 75g butter, 100ml double cream, 1 free range egg yolk and 6 spring onions, thinly sliced.

See recipes by Donal in his book titled: Donal’s Super Food in Minutes: Easy Recipes. 30 Minutes or Less. Good for you too! available from Amazon now.