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 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Shepherd's pie

1. Prepare of For Mashed Potatoes (Leftover mashed potatoes can be used too):.
2. Prepare 2 of large Potatoes.
3. It's 10 g of Butter.
4. Prepare 120 ml of Milk.
5. Prepare of LAMB FILLING.
6. Prepare 300 g of Ground lamb/mutton.
7. You need 1 of Onions.
8. Prepare 6 of Mushrooms.
9. Prepare 1 of Carrots.
10. Prepare 1 Tablespoon of Flour.
11. You need 240 ml of Broth.
12. Prepare 1 Tablespoon of Thyme.
13. It's 1 Tablespoon of Parsley.
14. Prepare to taste of Salt and pepper.

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. Cook potatoes in their skins until soft. Peel and mash up with the butter and milk. Season with salt and pepper, and set aside..
2. Preheat ove to 200°C..
3. Heat oil in a large sauce pan and saute onions until soft. Add in mushrooms and continue to cook until their juices start coming out (about 5-10 minutes)..
4. Add carrots and meat. Cook until the meat is browned..
5. Sprinkle in the flour. Mix until the sauce thickens a little..
6. Add broth, thyme and parsley and bring to a boil..
7. Turn to low, and cook until most liquid is gone and the mixture is thick..
8. Put lamb and vegetable filling in an oven dish and spread with mash potatoes on top..
9. Bake 20-30 minutes until the pie is bubbling and potatoes are a little browned..
10. Dish out 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.