Recipe: Tasty Shepherd's pie

Shepherd's pie. 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.

In England, the birthplace of this hearty dish, shepherd's pie is most often made with a ground-lamb filling. In the States, people use ground beef, which is what we call. Traditionally, shepherd's pie is made with lamb (hence the name). You can cook Shepherd's pie using 14 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Shepherd's pie

1. You need 1 kg of meat.
2. You need of Onions.
3. You need of Garlic.
4. It's of Ginger.
5. It's of Tomatoes.
6. You need 1 cup of diced carrots.
7. Prepare 1 cup of cooked peas.
8. Prepare of Potatoes.
9. It's of Powdered tumeric (optional).
10. Prepare of Powdered ginger(optional).
11. Prepare of Cooking oil.
12. Prepare of Black pepper.
13. Prepare 1 scoop of butter.
14. You need of Milk.

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. In England (and Australia and New Zealand) they would call the beef dish a "cottage pie" and the lamb dish "shepherd's pie". Regardless of what you call it, a shepherd's pie is basically a casserole with a layer of cooked meat and vegetables, topped with mashed potatoes, and baked in the oven until the mashed potatoes are well browned. 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).

Shepherd's pie step by step

1. Brown the meat on a pan with some cooking oil. Heat is on high.
2. As it starts browning, add chopped onions, diced carrots and black pepper. Stir everything.
3. Add salt, garlic-ginger paste, stir and cook for a minute. *garlic-ginger paste is made by blending garlic,ginger and a pinch of salt, or grinding them together using a kitchen pestle and mortar..
4. Add tomatoes and a little water, then cover your cooking pan/ pot and allow to simmer..
5. While the meat is simmering, pot the potatoes in a pot with water, salt, powdered tumeric powdered ginger and boil till tender..
6. To the meat add some water if it has dried up, then add the cooked peas. Let it heat up a little, remove from heat and let cool..
7. For the potatoes, once tender, drain any excess water..
8. Add some butter/margarine, a bit of milk and mash until creamy. * mash while hot..
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10. Using an oven proof dish, fill it halfway with the cool minced meat. Smoothen the top. Preheat oven at 180°c.
11. Scoop the hot or warm mashed potatoes and spread it evenly so as to cover the meat..
12. Place the dish into the oven for 20-30 min or until the po6turn golden brown..
13. Scoop and serve.

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 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. Drain potatoes and pour them into a bowl. Combine sour cream, egg yolk and cream.