To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. John Torode has revealed the unsuspecting ingredient he likes to use when making a shepherd’s pie. The MasterChef judge, 59, regularly appears on This Morning to present cooking segments on the ITV programme.
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On Thursday’s episode of the show, he returned to share his shepherd’s pie recipe – but ‘with a twist’. Instead of going down the traditional route, he topped the pie with hash browns rather than mashed potatoes (also advising viewers they could also use potato waffles or a bag of chips too).
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‘I love the classics, and they are classic for a reason. But this is mince, and some veg made into something really cool,’ he said. Although that seemed strange enough, it was another condiment he added into the meat mixture that left hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deely taken aback.
‘I don’t flavour conventionally with salt and pepper. This is my nanna’s recipe. Instead, I use Vegemite,’ the Australian chef revealed. As Cat burst out laughing, Ben exclaimed: ‘What?’. After she asked if the British breakfast spread Marmite could be used as an alternative, John said any ‘beafy yeast extract’ in the place of beef stock could do the trick.
