Shepard’s pie
Shepard’s pie

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, shepard’s pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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..with the kind of refrigeration we had in our homes, cooked meat could be kept much more safely than raw. Therefore, when housewives bought their Sunday meat they selected pieces large enough to.

Shepard’s pie is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Shepard’s pie is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have shepard’s pie using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Shepard’s pie:
  1. Take 300 g potatoes (peeled and diced)
  2. Make ready 400 g beef mince
  3. Get 2 carrots (peeled and diced)
  4. Take 1 onion (diced)
  5. Make ready 1 pint good beef gravy
  6. Prepare 2 tsp garlic (minced)
  7. Take to taste Salt and pepper
  8. Take 1 tsp mixed herbs
  9. Get 1 tbsp marmite
  10. Make ready 2 tbsp plain flour

Shepherd's pie is a classic comfort food recipe that's healthy, hearty and filling. The bottom layer is a simple a mix of ground lamb and vegetables, simmered into a delicious savory sauce. Plunge your spoon into a shepherd's pie with creamy mash and flavourful lamb mince. We've got traditional recipes, plus spiced and vegetarian alternatives.

Steps to make Shepard’s pie:
  1. Brown mince off in a pan and drain excess fat. Meanwhile add potatoes to a pan of boiling water and boil until soft.
  2. In a saucepan add a little oil and fry off onion, carrot and garlic until softened. add salt, pepper, mixed herbs and flour stir well and cook for 1 minute. Add mince,marmite and gravy, stir well bring to the boil and then reduce to simmer for 20 minutes.
  3. Meanwhile mash the potatoes with a little milk and butter, season well. In a suitable dish layer the mince mixture then top with the mashed potatoes. Flatten out to create a smooth surface. Then score with a fork to make a pattern, sprinkle with grated cheese and bake at 190c for 45 minutes until golden brown.

Try the classic shepherd's pie recipe or mix it up with a veggie shepherd's pie with lentils, or add parsnips to your mash like Nigel Slater. Add some grated hidden veggies to help the kids eat healthily. Shepherd's pie is traditionally made with a ground-lamb filling, but we make ours with ground beef. The sauce is really simple and flavorful, but the best part is the insanely fluffy mashed potato topping. The exact origin of Shepherd's pie is a bit of a mystery!

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