Shepherds Pie

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, shepherds pie. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Check Out Ground Beef Shepherds Pie On eBay. Fill Your Cart With Color Today! Yes, shepherd's pie is predominantly thought of as Irish or British. But since I'm Scottish, I thought I'd give it a unique twist to suit my ancestral tastes.

Shepherds Pie is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Shepherds Pie is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook shepherds pie using 17 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Shepherds Pie:
  1. Make ready Shepherds Meat
  2. Prepare 1 onion, diced
  3. Prepare 1 tablespoon butter
  4. Take 1 tablespoon olive oil
  5. Prepare 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  6. Get Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  7. Prepare 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  8. Take 2 pounds lean ground beef
  9. Make ready 1⁄2 cup beef stock
  10. Prepare 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  11. Get 1 1⁄2 cups frozen or fresh peas
  12. Make ready Cheesey Mashed Tater Topping
  13. Take 5 tablespoons butter
  14. Get 2 lbs Idaho taters
  15. Prepare 1⁄3 cup sour cream
  16. Prepare 1 1⁄4 cup sharp chedder
  17. Get Salt and pepper

The "traditional" Shepherds Pie was made with minced lamb because that was abundantly available, England didn't have lots of cows but there were plenty of sheep. My mom was British, I was born and lived in England, but when we moved to America even my mom made it with beef and still called it Shepherds pie. Traditionally, shepherd's pie is made with lamb (hence the name). However, as the dish gained wider popularity outside of its native English homeland (where using beef would make this a cottage pie), beef became a common substitute, especially in America where it's more widely available than ground lamb.

Instructions to make Shepherds Pie:
  1. Pie Meat: Add butter and oil to a large skillet on medium heat. Saute onions until tender about 10 min. Season with salt and pepper. Add the tomato paste, then the ground beef and cook until beef is no longer pink about 10 minutes. Add the Worcestershire sauce and beef stock. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook and simmer for another 10 minutes. Mix in peas. Transfer mixture to an oven-proof baking dish and spread evenly.
  2. Cheesey Taters: Fill a large saucepan with cold water. Add potatoes to the water and bring to a boil. Let potatoes cook until soft about 20 minutes. Once the potatoes are at a desired density, drain the potatoes and place them back into the saucepan for mashing. Add butter and sour cream and begin to mash potatoes into a semi smooth consistency. Once at desired texture season with salt and pepper.
  3. Place mashed potato on top of ground beef mixture and spread out evenly, once the top surface has been covered, rake through with a fork so that there are peaks that will brown nicely. Place the dish into the preheated oven and cook until browned about 20 minutes. Spoon out the shepherd's pie sprinkle shredded cheese on top and serve.

Traditionally, shepherd's pie is made with lamb (hence the name). However, as the dish gained wider popularity outside of its native English homeland (where using beef would make this a cottage pie), beef became a common substitute, especially in America where it's more widely available than ground lamb. A shepherd's pie with just a wee touch of an Irish twist. This one's made the traditional way with ground lamb but features shredded Irish Cheddar cheese (like Dubliner by Kerrygold) mixed into the creamy mashed potato topping. In England, the birthplace of this hearty dish, shepherd's pie is most often made with a ground lamb filling.

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