Recipe: Perfect 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 15 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Shepherd's pie

1. Prepare of Potatoes.
2. It's of Minced meat.
3. It's of Mozzarella cheese.
4. It's of Onions.
5. Prepare of Butter.
6. Prepare of Red,green and yellow peppers.
7. Prepare of Peas and carrots.
8. Prepare of Flour.
9. It's of Water.
10. Prepare of Garlic and ginger paste.
11. You need of Black pepper.
12. Prepare of Dried thyme.
13. Prepare of Rosemary.
14. You need of Seasoning.
15. It's of Tomatoes paste.

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. Sauté some chopped onions in butter. Add minced meat,dried parsley,thyme,rosemary,salt,black pepper,garlic and ginger paste and seasoning together. Cook for a of minute.Add a little flour and tomatoes paste.Add water peas and carrots.Simmer the meat gravy until thick..
2. Meanwhile, go ahead and boil some peeled and chopped potatoes.Drain the potatoes, add butter,salt, black pepper and mash until smooth..
3. Pour the meat mixture into a casserole dish. Top it the mashed potatoes and mozzarella cheese and bake..

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.