Recipe: Yummy Shepherd's pie

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Shepherd's pie. Although it is called a pie it doesn't use any pastry and is so cheap, quick and easy to make, you'll enjoy making it! 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.

Shepherd's pie Add the cream mixture into potatoes and mash until. 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. You can have Shepherd's pie using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Shepherd's pie

  1. It's 1 of ground beef or lamb.
  2. Prepare 1/4 cup of frozen corn.
  3. It's 1/4 cup of frozen peas.
  4. You need 1/4 cup of frozen or fresh carrot cubed.
  5. It's 3 of large potatoes.
  6. It's 1 of small onion, chopped.
  7. Prepare 3 clove of garlic.
  8. It's 2 tbsp of ketchup.
  9. You need 1 of paprika.
  10. You need 1 tsp of ground black pepper.
  11. It's 1/4 tsp of chili powder.
  12. Prepare 1/4 cup of water.
  13. You need 1 of oil to cook meat.
  14. Prepare 1/4 cup of cheese.
  15. It's 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
  16. It's 1/3 cup of flour.
  17. You need 1/4 cup of milk.

Shepherd's pie is to the British as meat loaf is to Americans, so when I was a young child living. This easy shepherd's pie is a layered casserole of ground beef and veggies in a homemade gravy. It's topped with Cheddar cheese mashed potatoes. Irish Shepherd's Pie Traditional Irish Shepherd's Pie would actually call for ground lamb.

Shepherd's pie instructions

  1. If a pan, add the oil, onion and chopped garlic.
  2. Let it cook for couple of minutes then add the beef or lamb.
  3. Keep stirring.. you can little bit of cinnamon powder to remove the smell of lamb or beef **optional**.
  4. Once the meat is cooked, add the flour and keep stirring till the flour is golden.
  5. Add all the spices and the ketchup.. keep stirring.
  6. Add the water then the veggies.
  7. Cover over low heat for 5 minutes.
  8. Add the meat to the pan that will go to the oven.
  9. Boil the potatoes in boiling water then peel them and mash them.
  10. In a cooking pan add bit of oil and the mashed potatoes.. keep stirring then add the milk and cheese.
  11. Spread the mashed potatoes over the meat.. make some groves using a fork to the top of the potatoes.
  12. Cook in the oven for 20 min 350°F.

The difference between Shepherd's Pie and Cottage Pie is the meat. Cottage Pie uses ground beef, while Shepherd's Pie uses ground lamb. In England, the birthplace of this hearty dish, shepherd's pie is most often made with a ground lamb filling. In the States, it's more common to use ground beef. Both are delicious, and lamb can.