How to Prepare Appetizing 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 cook Shepherd's Pie using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Shepherd's Pie

1. Prepare 5 lbs of Potatoes.
2. Prepare 1 stick of Butter.
3. Prepare 1 cup of milk.
4. Prepare 2 lbs of Ground Chuck 80/20.
5. You need 1/4 cup of Extra Virgin Olive oil.
6. You need of Garlic salt.
7. You need of Granulated garlic.
8. Prepare of Ground black pepper.
9. You need 1/4 cup of Rosemary leaves.
10. It's 1 lb of pkg frozen peas.

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. Peel and cut potatoes and boil in large pot of salted water. Boil until potatoes are tender (about 20 minutes)..
2. Drain potatoes. Add butter, milk, salt, and pepper to taste. Mash potatoes until creamy. Add more or less milk to get consistency desired. Set potatoes aside..
3. While potatoes are cooking place ground meat in hot skillet on stove. Add olive oil for both flavor and cooking benefit. Salt and pepper to taste. Add garlic salt and granulated garlic to taste. As meat turns brown add rosemary leaves. Let this simmer for a few minutes as you cook peas..
4. Place peas in microwaveable dish with 1/4 cup water. Cover and cook for 5 minutes in microwave..
5. Assembly. Place mashed potatoes on large platter. With spoon scoop out large hole in center. Place peas in this hole. Drain meat completely. Now add meat to top of peas..
6. Take photo. Serve and enjoy..

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.