Shepherd's pie. Shepherd's Pie comes to us from England, and is traditionally made with lamb or mutton. What follows is a simple recipe for a ground beef version of Shepherd's Pie..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.
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.
The Best Classic Shepherd's Pie Recipe with meat and vegetable gravy and cheesy mashed potatoes.
You can cook Shepherd's pie using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Shepherd's pie
- It's 1 kg of white potatoes, peeled,, washed and boiled.
- You need 15 gms of butter.
- Prepare of Cooking oil.
- It's 2 cloves of garlic, minced.
- It's 1 of onion, chopped.
- Prepare 2 cups of mixed vegetables, peas, carrots.
- You need 800 g of minced meat.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of tomato sauce.
- Prepare 2 of table spoons wheat flour.
- Prepare of Mozzarella or Cheddar cheese grated.
- It's to taste of Salt and pepper.
This easy shepherd's pie is a layered casserole of ground beef and veggies in a homemade gravy. It's topped with Cheddar cheese mashed potatoes. Shepherd's pie with rich lamb and creamy mash is winter comfort food at its best. The peaks and ridges on the mash just adds to the appeal!
Shepherd's pie instructions
- Place the peeled potatoes in a deep cooking pot and cover with cold water, add a teaspoon of salt. Bring to a boil, then down to a simmer and cook until tender..
- As the potatoes are cooking, in a deep cooking pan, over low heat,put cooking oil, add the chopped onion, cook until tender, add the minced garlic, let cook for 1 min..
- Add the diced vegetables, cook for 5-10mins. Add the minced meat, salt and pepper to taste and the tomato sauce and allow to cook until cooked through (stirring continually so as not to be lumpy). Add the wheat flour and stir. You can add some meat broth or water so that the meat doesn’t dry out..
- By the time you’re done with the minced meat, the potatoes should ready for mashing. Drain the water, add the butter some grated cheese and pepper if you like to the potatoes and mash with a fork or potato masher..
- Preheat your oven to 350F/180C.
- In a baking dish, layer the meat sauce then spread the mashed potatoes on top. Add the grated cheese on top. Cook for 20mins or till cheese forms a golden crust..
- Enjoy.
Growing up, my family had a tradition of big Sunday dinners. Nearly every Sunday we'd go to our grandparents house for some kind of pot roast or ground beef dish, mashed potatoes. 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. This lightened up Shepherd's Pie recipe, filled with lean ground beef, veggies, and topped with yukon gold mashed potatoes would be perfect for all you meat and potato lovers out there!
