Hello everybody, it’s Louise, 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. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Shepherd's Pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Shepherd's Pie is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
Place in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Set over high heat, cover and bring to a boil. Shepherd's Pie recipes are traditionally done with lamb, but are great with any ground meat–turkey and beef being the most popular modern versions. Give this great casserole a try, and watch everyone flock to the table.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have shepherd's pie using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's Pie:
- Take 2 lb ground lamb
- Get 1 extra virgin olive oil
- Get 1 salt
- Get 1 sweet onion
- Get 3 celery sicks
- Take 3 carrots
- Take 2 clove garlic
- Prepare 2 cup Guinness
- Get 1 box chicken broth
- Make ready 2 bay leaves
- Make ready 1 bunch fresh thyme
- Get 2 lb potatoes
- Make ready 1 cup heavy cream
- Prepare 3 tbsp butter
- Make ready 1 cup frozen peas
- Get 1 cup frozen corn
- Get 1/2 cup flour
- Make ready 1/4 cup tomato paste
Thank you, Dale 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. 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). 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.
Instructions to make Shepherd's Pie:
- Chop the lamb into 1/2 inch cubes. In a small bowl mix 1/2 c flour and salt to taste. Coat a large pan with olive oil and bring to medium high heat.
- Lightly toss lamb in flour salt mixture and then brown on all sides. Remove the lamb from the pan and replace olive oil.
- Chop onion, celery, and carrots and add them to the pan. Stir frequently until veggies are soft, 8-10 min. Add chopped garlic and cook 2-3 min.
- Add the lamb back to the pan along with 1/4 cup of tomato paste. Cook an additional 2-3 min. Mix well.
- Add Guinness to the pan and cook until it reduces by half. Add chicken broth so that the lamb is submerged. Add bay leaves and thyme. Bring to a boil, then allow to simmer partially covered for one hour. Add more broth as needed and stir occasionally.
- Peel and chop potatoes into 1/2 inch cubes. Put in a separate pot and add water until they are covered. Salt to taste. Allow to boil until the chunks can be easily mashed.
- In a separate pan bring the heavy cream to a boil. Drain the potato cubes, add hot cream and cold butter. Mash thoroughly.
- Add frozen corn and peas to lamb mixture. Simmer uncovered for 15 minutes and allow broth to reduce.
- Preheat broiler on low.
- Discard bay leaves and thyme and transfer lamb mixture to a baking pan. Spread the potatoes over the top and broil until the potatoes brown.
- Remove from broiler and enjoy!
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). 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. Shepherd's Pie comes to us from England, and is traditionally made with lamb or mutton. 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. 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.
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