Easiest Way to Make Delicious 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. Traditionally, shepherd's pie is made with lamb (hence the name).

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. This is a recipe for Cottage Pie. You can have Shepherd's Pie using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Shepherd's Pie

1. You need 1 can of Cream of Mushroom soup.
2. Prepare 1 lb of Ground Beef.
3. It's 1 of Onion Chopped.
4. Prepare 1 of Red or Yellow Pepper Chopped.
5. You need 1/2 cup of Milk.
6. Prepare 8 oz of Sour Cream.
7. It's 1 lb of Potatoes.
8. Prepare 1 can of Sweet Whole Kernel Corn.
9. It's 1 tsp of Garlic Salt.
10. You need 1 of Salt and Pepper to Taste.
11. Prepare 1 tbsp of Melted Butter.
12. It's 1 tbsp of Fresh Parsley.

This is a recipe for Cottage Pie. Thank you, Dale Shepherd's Pie is basically a beefy pot pie with mashed potatoes on top instead of a crust, and mashed potatoes make everything better, don't they? So, this is how you spell it: Shepherd's Pie. But, from doing a quick google search, it came to my attention that TONS of people think it's Shepards Pie.

Shepherd's Pie step by step

1. Bring pot of water to boil, boil potatoes until fork tender..
2. Brown beef, peppers, and onion in large pan. Drain in strainer to remove any fat drippings..
3. Once back in pan and the beef is cooked through add corn, soup, milk, salt and pepper, and garlic salt. Stir together for about 3 min..
4. Once the meat mixture is complete you can mash the potatoes, add the sour cream to them, salt and pepper to taste..
5. Pour meat mixture into a baking dish, top with mashed potatoes..
6. Bake at 350 for 30 min. Pull out of oven. Melt the butter in microwave and pour over potaoes, top with fresh parsley..

Traditional Irish Shepherd's Pie would actually call for ground lamb. The difference between Shepherd's Pie and Cottage Pie is the meat. 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. Shepherd's pie is traditionally made with a ground-lamb filling, but we make ours with ground beef.