Shepherd's Pie
Shepherd's Pie

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, shepherd's pie. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Let Campbell's® Help You Make This Pub Favorite. 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.

Shepherd's Pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Shepherd's Pie is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook shepherd's pie using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's Pie:
  1. Take Mash Potato Topping
  2. Make ready 4 large russet potatoes
  3. Take 1/4 cup cooking cream
  4. Take 175 g salted butter
  5. Get 1/4 tsp ground pepper
  6. Make ready 1 egg yolk
  7. Take Meat Fillings
  8. Make ready 2 Tbsp canola oil
  9. Make ready 1 cup diced onion
  10. Prepare 1 carrot, peeled and diced
  11. Get 3 cloves garlic
  12. Get 600 g ground beef or lamb
  13. Take 1 tsp each salt & black pepper
  14. Get 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
  15. Make ready 3 1/2 Tbsp tomato paste
  16. Make ready 2 cups chicken broth
  17. Get 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  18. Prepare 2 tsp rosemary leaves (fresh or dried)
  19. Make ready 2 tsp thyme leaves (fresh or dried)

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. 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. A shepherd's pie with just a wee touch of an Irish twist.

Steps to make Shepherd's Pie:
  1. Preheat oven to highest temperature
  2. Heat the pan with oil in medium high heat. Cook onion and carrots approximately 3 to 4 minutes. Add the garlic saute awhile, then add meat, salt, pepper and cook until browned, approximately 3 minutes.
  3. Sprinkle the meat with the flour and toss to coat, continuing to cook for another minute. Add the tomato paste, chicken broth, Worcestershire, rosemary, thyme, and stir to combine.
  4. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer slowly 10 to 12 minutes until the sauce is thickened. Pour filings into a casserole.
  5. Remove skin and boil potatoes until soft and mash it with the ingredients.
  6. Place mashed potatoes on top of meat fillings. Bake until potatoes r brown at the peaks.

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. A shepherd's pie with just a wee touch of an Irish twist. This one's made the traditional way with ground lamb but features shredded Irish Cheddar cheese (like Dubliner by Kerrygold) mixed into the creamy mashed potato topping. 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. Shepherd's Pie is great with leftover homemade mashed potatoes, but it's tasty with ready-made mashed potatoes from the grocery store,.

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