Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, shepherd's pie. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Want To Learn How To Make Delicious Pies? 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.
Shepherd's Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Shepherd's Pie is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook shepherd's pie using 20 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's Pie:
- Make ready 1.5 lbs russet potatoes, peeled and cubed
- Get 1/4 cup half & half
- Make ready 2 tablespoons butter
- Make ready 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon cracked pepper
- Get 1 egg yolk
- Make ready 2 tablespoons canola oil
- Prepare 1 small onion, diced (about one cup)
- Prepare 2-3 carrots, peeled, diced (1 cup)
- Get 2 large cloves garlic, minced
- Get 1 1/2 lbs ground lamb (traditional) or ground beef
- Take 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Take 1/2 teaspoon cracked pepper
- Take 3 tablespoons flour
- Prepare 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- Make ready 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- Get 1 1/2 cup beef broth
- Take 1 tablespoon ea. Chopped fresh rosemary and thyme leaves
- Prepare Kernels cut from 2 ears corn (1 cup)
- Make ready 1 cup frozen peas
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 comes to us from England, and is traditionally made with lamb or mutton. Here in the states we are more of a beef eating culture than a lamb eating one, and when one is served "shepherd's pie" here, it is most often made with ground beef.
Steps to make Shepherd's Pie:
- Peel the potatoes and cut into 1/2-inch dice. Place in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Set over high heat, cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling, uncover, decrease the heat to maintain a simmer and cook until tender and easily crushed with tongs, approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
- Place the half-and-half and butter into a microwave-safe container and heat in the microwave until warmed through, about 35 seconds. Drain the potatoes in a colander and then return to the saucepan. Mash the potatoes and then add the half and half, butter, salt and pepper and continue to mash until smooth. Stir in the yolk until well combined. - - Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the filling. Place the canola oil into a 12-inch saute pan and set over medium high heat. Once the oil shimmers, add the onion and carrots and saute just until they begin to take on color, approximately 3 to 4 minutes. Add the garlic and stir to combine. Add the lamb, salt and pepper and cook until browned and cooked through, approximately 3 minutes. Sprinkle the meat with the flour and toss to coat, continuing to cook for another minute.
- Add the tomato paste, beef broth, Worcestershire, rosemary, thyme, and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer slowly 10 to 12 minutes or until the sauce is thickened slightly. - - Add the corn and peas to the lamb mixture and spread evenly into an 11 by 7-inch glass baking dish. Top with the mashed potatoes, starting around the edges to create a seal to prevent the mixture from bubbling up and smooth with a rubber spatula.
- Place on a cookie sheet on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 25 minutes or just until the potatoes begin to brown. Remove to a cooling rack for at least 15 minutes before serving.
These shepherd's pie recipes run the range from the traditional (featuring ground or minced lamb) to the modestly modified (ground beef instead of lamb) to the more modern and experimental (vegan or paleo shepherd's pies). You can't go wrong with any of these savory one-pot comfort-food casseroles, complete meals that also feature veggies, a savory gravy, and a mashed potato (or a surprise. Shepherd's pie is traditionally made with a ground-lamb filling, but we make ours with ground beef. The sauce is really simple and flavorful, but the best part is the insanely fluffy mashed potato. So, this is how you spell it: Shepherd's Pie.
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