Shepherd's pie
Shepherd's pie

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, shepherd's pie. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Shepherd's pie is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Shepherd's pie is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

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. The use of lamb, the smoky, heather taste of Guinness® Draught (Irish, I admit), and the topping of sharp Cheddar and smoked paprika give this version its unique, smoky-sweet flavor.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook shepherd's pie using 14 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's pie:
  1. Take 2 onions
  2. Take 2 carrots
  3. Get 1 olive oil
  4. Take 50 grams butter
  5. Get 8 sprigs fresh thyme
  6. Take 2 bay leaves
  7. Make ready 500 grams minced lamb
  8. Prepare 1 tbsp flour
  9. Get 1 lemon
  10. Get 1 stock cube
  11. Make ready 800 grams floury potatoes
  12. Take 200 ml single cream
  13. Prepare 50 grams cheddar cheese
  14. Take 200 grams peas

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. 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. 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).

Instructions to make Shepherd's pie:
  1. peel onions and carrot and cut into roughly 1 cm pieces
  2. fry gently in olive oil and butter until soft and tender
  3. add salt and pepper, and thyme and bay leaves
  4. add the peas and cook for another 5-8 minutes
  5. add the mince and flour, and crumble in the stock cube. let cook until the mince has cooked out it's liquids.
  6. once the mince has browned, add water (alternatively beer) until the mince is covered, let simmer for 30 minutes. story occasionally
  7. preheat the oven to 180°c and start peeling the potatoes
  8. quarter the potatoes and cook until soft
  9. mash the potatoes with a splash of milk and a good knob of butter ( if desired, add one egg yolk too)
  10. salt to taste and put aside
  11. pour in the cream to the mince mixture and stir. let boil for a couple of minutes until mixture thickens up a bit
  12. pour mixture into a casserole pan, grate some cheese on top, and lastly dollop potatoe mash to cover the mixture
  13. put the pie in the middle of the oven and let cook for 40 minutes
  14. enjoy!

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. Best Shepherd's Pie This is the best shepherds pie recipe I've ever had, and it comes from a friend who was a whiz at pinching pennies without sacrificing hearty flavor.—Valerie Merrill, Topeka, Kansas 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. But, from doing a quick google search, it came to my attention that TONS of people think it's Shepards Pie.

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