Recipe: Appetizing Cheesy Shepherds Pie

Cheesy Shepherds Pie. We are such huge fans of Shepherd's Pie in our house! We love, love, love a recipe that we found a couple of years ago over at Simply Recipes and have tweaked it a little bit to make it our own, which it totally cheesy!. I'm really being serious when I say that we went through a time in our house that we had shepherds pie every couple of weeks.

Add ground beef and onion; cook and stir until beef is thoroughly cooked. Take your filling and add your cheesy mashed potatoes on top. How to Make Shepherd's Cheesy Pie. You can have Cheesy Shepherds Pie using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Cheesy Shepherds Pie

1. Prepare 2 1/2 of to 3 lbs ground beef.
2. You need 5 of large potatoes, diced.
3. You need 1 cup of diced green peppers.
4. It's 1 cup of diced onion.
5. It's 1 of bag steam fresh peas & carrots.
6. It's 2 of cups diced carrots.
7. It's 3 of cups shredded cheese (your choice).
8. Prepare 1/2 cup of worcestershire sauce.
9. You need 1/2 tsp of basil.
10. You need 1/2 tsp of oregano.
11. You need 1/2 tbsp of garlic powder.
12. Prepare 2 tbsp of butter.
13. Prepare 1 tbsp of Ranch dressing powder.
14. It's 1/2 cup of milk.
15. Prepare 3 tbsp of sour cream.

In a large skillet, fry the hamburger until fully cooked. Drain the grease from the hamburger, by spooning out the hamburger onto a plate by using a slotted spoon, and then dumping and discarding grease from skillet. Keep hamburger on plate until further use. To make filling: HEAT oil in large skillet over medium heat.

Cheesy Shepherds Pie step by step

1. Cook ground beef with onions, peppers, Worcestershire sauce, oregano, basil & garlic powder in a large skillet..
2. Boil potatoes until tender..
3. Microwave diced carrots until very soft..
4. Add bag of steam fresh peas & carrots to beef in skillet. Cook until tender..
5. Preheat oven to 375°.
6. Drain grease from ground beef. Return to skillet and stir in half of shredded cheese. Add to large glass baking dish. Spread evenly..
7. Drain potatoes. Add cooked carrots, butter, ranch powder, milk, shredded cheese and sour cream. Blend with a mixer until smooth..
8. Add to glass baking dish on top of ground beef. Spread evenly. Sprinkle more shredded cheese on top..
9. Bake 30 minutes. Broil for 1 minute until cheese bubbles and top browns a little..

Transfer vegetables to bowl and set aside. 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. Mash up the spuds and then beat in the butter, milk and cheese to make a heavenly smooth mash. Cover the lamb mixture with an even layer of cheesy mashed potatoes.