Shepherd's Pie
Shepherd's Pie

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, shepherd's pie. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Shepherd's Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Shepherd's Pie is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook shepherd's pie using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's Pie:
  1. Prepare Potatoes
  2. Get 2 tbsp salt
  3. Make ready 3-4 large russet potatoes
  4. Make ready 8 tbsp unsalted butter
  5. Make ready 1/2 cup whole milk
  6. Get Shredded white cheddar
  7. Prepare Meat
  8. Make ready 1 small yellow onion, diced
  9. Get 2 medium carrots, shredded
  10. Make ready 4 cloves garlic, minced
  11. Get 4 sprigs fresh thyme
  12. Get 2 4in sprigs fresh rosemary
  13. Take 340 g ground beef
  14. Get 340 g ground lamb
  15. Prepare 1/3 cup tomato puree
  16. Get 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
  17. Prepare 3/4 cup beef stock
  18. Make ready 1 cup fresh parsley, chopped

Add the cream mixture into potatoes and mash until. 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. The "traditional" Shepherds Pie was made with minced lamb because that was abundantly available, England didn't have lots of cows but there were plenty of sheep.

Steps to make Shepherd's Pie:
  1. Boil water in large pot with 2 tablespoons salt. When water is boiling, put in the potatoes and boil for about 15 to 20 minutes, or until soft.
  2. Melt 6tbsp of butter. Drain, peel, then mash hot potatoes until smooth. Mix in the hot butter with 1/2 cup milk, until blended.
  3. Melt the remaining 2tbsp butter in a large oven-safe skillet or pot over low/medium heat. Add in onions, carrots, garlic, thyme and rosemary. Stir until onions and carrots are quite tender. Add in beef and lamb while breaking the meat apart.
  4. Add the tomato paste and stir for 2 to 3 minutes. Sprinkle the flour over the mixture and cook for 1 minute. Add the 3/4 cup beef stock and stir until the liquid has thickened slightly.
  5. Stir in the parsley and remove the thyme and rosemary stems. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Keep in mind that the beef stock is already salty. Turn off heat.
  6. Heat up the oven to 375F or 191C. Spread the meat evenly, then top it off with the potatoes, spreading evenly. Lastly, add the shredded cheddar on top. If necessary, place a foil-lined baking sheet underneath the pan to catch any drips.
  7. Bake the pie until the potatoes have begun to brown and the edges are bubbling, about 30 minutes. Let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes before serving.

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. The "traditional" Shepherds Pie was made with minced lamb because that was abundantly available, England didn't have lots of cows but there were plenty of sheep. My mom was British, I was born and lived in England, but when we moved to America even my mom made it with beef and still called it Shepherds pie. In England, the birthplace of this hearty dish, shepherd's pie is most often made with a ground lamb filling. In the States, it's more common to use ground beef.

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