Navid: Shepherd's pie or cottage pie is a traditional English dish which was originally made from left over of a roast beef dish. Usually vegetables such as green peas, carrots and some times corns are cooked with ground lamb or beef, then layered in a baking dish and covered with mashed potatoes to be baked in the oven. Another variation of this dish is to replace the mashed potatoes with puree of vegetables such as roasted butternut squash and carrot.
Main Ingredients:
Ground Lamb or Beef: 1 lb
Frozen Green Peas: 1/2 cup
Carrots: 1/4 cups, chopped
Onion: 1 medium, chopped
Garlic: 1 clove, diced
Worcestershire Sauce: 2 tbsp (or replace it with your favorite steak sauce)
Potatoes: 4 medium, peeled and sliced
Onion Spring: 1 tbsp, chopped
Cream Cheese: 1-2 tbsp
Milk: 1-2 tbsp
Butter: 2-3 tbsp
Vegetable Oil: 1 tbsp
Salt
Pepper
Directions:
1. Boil potatoes in salted water for 15 min or till tender.
2. Meanwhile, saute chopped onion, carrots and garlic with vegetable oil in a frying pan for 5 min.
3. Add ground meat and saute for 10 min until no longer pink. Add salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce and cook for 5 more min. Add frozen peas and cook 2-3 more min.
4. Mash hot potatoes and melt butter with them. Add milk, chopped onion springs and cream cheese. Use a spoon to mix them well. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Transfer meat to a baking dish and cover with mashed potatoes.
6. Cook in 400 F preheated oven for 30 min until crisp on top.
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Tried it! Too rich but quite delicious actually! The Worecestershire sauce is rather dilute. I added 4 tbsp to 1 lb meat to get some taste :)
Name: CJ From: London
2008 May 19,
Agree with the previous comment - up the levels of Lea and Perrins to ensure you get enough flavour.
Name: abz and els From:
2008 Jun 21,
I have n ot tried it yet but it seems good enough for me !!
Name: Debbie From: British Columbia, Canada
2008 Sep 04,
Very good Shepherd's Pie - one of the best I've had! Next time I would just add more veggies to it! I also used ground Elk meat instead of beef.
Name: Sophie Hather From: Cumbria
2008 Sep 16,
Tried it to! very good but i hate peas so didnt use them also used lamb mince instead of beef xxsxx
Name: Tiffany From: Calgary AB
2008 Sep 25,
my boyfriend and I are still in the cooking stage but fining it great. We added extra carrotts and some red pepper. Yum yum can't wait!
Name: sean From: welwyn garden city
2008 Oct 10,
i think shepherds pie is acctually really good concidering i never liked it when i was little ;)
Name: James From: British Columbia
2008 Oct 17,
A tasty sounding pie if ever there was one. I am curious about the name, Shepard's Pie. Why beef and not lamb? Cowherd Pie doesn't sound very good I suppose. Make this dish with ground lamb, and even with bison. I will definitely try that Squash/carrot topping.
Name: Layla From: Ireland
2008 Oct 21,
Thats not a Shepards Pie, unless it is made with lamb! Shepards=lamb, Cottage = Beef. They are not interchangeable. And you would never use corn in a traditional shepards pie. There is nothing wrong with changing recipes and using new ingredients, but then it is not the traditional food and needs a different name!
Name: Fatima From: Quebec
2008 Nov 07,
The English call this Cottage Pie. I loved this , and like a previous poster I hated this when I was younger. I also used more Lea and Perrins Sauce to it, but then I like tangy and spicy food. Made it twice now, once withminced beef, and once with Lamb, preferred the Beef.
