Recipe: 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 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Shepherd's pie

1. It's 1 of ground beef or lamb.
2. Prepare 1/4 cup of frozen corn.
3. You need 1/4 cup of frozen peas.
4. It's 1/4 cup of frozen or fresh carrot cubed.
5. You need 3 of large potatoes.
6. You need 1 of small onion, chopped.
7. You need 3 clove of garlic.
8. It's 2 tbsp of ketchup.
9. Prepare 1 of paprika.
10. You need 1 tsp of ground black pepper.
11. Prepare 1/4 tsp of chili powder.
12. Prepare 1/4 cup of water.
13. It's 1 of oil to cook meat.
14. You need 1/4 cup of cheese.
15. Prepare 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
16. It's 1/3 cup of flour.
17. You need 1/4 cup of milk.

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 instructions

1. If a pan, add the oil, onion and chopped garlic.
2. Let it cook for couple of minutes then add the beef or lamb.
3. Keep stirring.. you can little bit of cinnamon powder to remove the smell of lamb or beef **optional**.
4. Once the meat is cooked, add the flour and keep stirring till the flour is golden.
5. Add all the spices and the ketchup.. keep stirring.
6. Add the water then the veggies.
7. Cover over low heat for 5 minutes.
8. Add the meat to the pan that will go to the oven.
9. Boil the potatoes in boiling water then peel them and mash them.
10. In a cooking pan add bit of oil and the mashed potatoes.. keep stirring then add the milk and cheese.
11. Spread the mashed potatoes over the meat.. make some groves using a fork to the top of the potatoes.
12. Cook in the oven for 20 min 350°F.

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.