Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, classic shepherd's pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
I think I'll go back to a real classic Shepherd's Pie. The Best Classic Shepherd's Pie - AKA Shepards Pie or Cottage Pie. Ground Beef (or lamb) with vegetables in a rich gravy, topped with cheesy mashed potatoes, and baked.
Classic Shepherd's Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Classic Shepherd's Pie is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have classic shepherd's pie using 15 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Classic Shepherd's Pie:
- Get 400 grams Ground Beef
- Take 1 large Onion, chopped up
- Make ready 5 large Potatoes
- Take 1 medium Carrot, diced
- Prepare 1/2 cup Green Peas
- Make ready 5 medium Champignons, sliced
- Make ready 1/4 cup Milk
- Take 1/2 cup Water
- Prepare 3 tbsp Butter
- Get 3 tbsp Olive oil
- Prepare 2 clove Garlic
- Get 1 tbsp Dark Soy Sauce
- Take 1 Salt, Pepper, Thyme, Seasoning
- Get 1 Cheddar Cheese
- Get 1/4 cup Corn
I like to back it with cheese on top, although it's not in the original recipe. Spread mashed potatoes over top and using the back of a spoon, make decorative swirls over the top. A true shepherd's pie is made with lamb while a cottage pie is made with beef. In the US, I notice that it is often called a shepherd's pie when it really is just a cottage pie.
Steps to make Classic Shepherd's Pie:
- Making the Mashed Potato: - Peel and quarter the potatoes. - Boil in water for about 20 - 25 minutes, until you are able to poke through the potato easily with a fork. - Remove from water and allow potatoes to cool. - Mash potatoes in a large bowl with a potato masher or a fork. - Add the milk and butter in gradually. - Blend in until the mash becomes a smooth consistency. - Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Making the Meat Filling: - Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan. - Saute the clove and onions for a few minutes. - Next, add carrots and mushrooms. - Saute till the carrots are soft. - Add the ground beef. - Stir fry till beef turns light brown. - Add the dark soy sauce for color. - Add the green peas and corn. - Add salt, pepper and seasoning to taste. - Add water and allow to simmer for about 10 mins. - Add more water if needed so that there is some gravy and the beef does not dry out.
- Making the Pie: - Transfer the meat filling to a baking dish and level it out so that the filling covers the entire base of the dish. Sprinkle some cheddar cheese over. - Next, add the mash on top of the meat filling and spread it out with the back of a spoon (do not press the mash down into the filling otherwise too much gravy will seep into the mash). - Use a fork to rough up the surface of the mash. - Baste the mash with a little butter and sprinkle the bread crumbs on top. - Bake in oven on max heat for about 15 mins or until the potato crust turns golden brown and slightly crispy.
Since the type of meat used is the only real difference in this dish, I find most have a version using beef that they call shepherd's pie even if it technically. 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. 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.
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