Shepherd's Pie
Shepherd's Pie

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, shepherd's pie. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Place in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Set over high heat, cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling, uncover, decrease the heat to. Yes, shepherd's pie is predominantly thought of as Irish or British.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook shepherd's pie using 18 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's Pie:
  1. Prepare 2 lb ground lamb
  2. Make ready 1 extra virgin olive oil
  3. Make ready 1 salt
  4. Prepare 1 sweet onion
  5. Prepare 3 celery sicks
  6. Take 3 carrots
  7. Get 2 clove garlic
  8. Get 2 cup Guinness
  9. Prepare 1 box chicken broth
  10. Get 2 bay leaves
  11. Prepare 1 bunch fresh thyme
  12. Get 2 lb potatoes
  13. Get 1 cup heavy cream
  14. Prepare 3 tbsp butter
  15. Get 1 cup frozen peas
  16. Make ready 1 cup frozen corn
  17. Take 1/2 cup flour
  18. Make ready 1/4 cup tomato paste

Unlike other shepherd's pie recipes, this one calls for frozen vegetables instead of fresh and can be made the day before. In England (and Australia and New Zealand) they would call the beef dish a "cottage pie" and the lamb dish "shepherd's pie". Regardless of what you call it, a shepherd's pie is basically a casserole with a layer of cooked meat and vegetables, topped with mashed potatoes, and baked in the oven until the mashed potatoes are well browned. In England, the birthplace of this hearty dish, shepherd's pie is most often made with a ground lamb filling.

Instructions to make Shepherd's Pie:
  1. Chop the lamb into 1/2 inch cubes. In a small bowl mix 1/2 c flour and salt to taste. Coat a large pan with olive oil and bring to medium high heat.
  2. Lightly toss lamb in flour salt mixture and then brown on all sides. Remove the lamb from the pan and replace olive oil.
  3. Chop onion, celery, and carrots and add them to the pan. Stir frequently until veggies are soft, 8-10 min. Add chopped garlic and cook 2-3 min.
  4. Add the lamb back to the pan along with 1/4 cup of tomato paste. Cook an additional 2-3 min. Mix well.
  5. Add Guinness to the pan and cook until it reduces by half. Add chicken broth so that the lamb is submerged. Add bay leaves and thyme. Bring to a boil, then allow to simmer partially covered for one hour. Add more broth as needed and stir occasionally.
  6. Peel and chop potatoes into 1/2 inch cubes. Put in a separate pot and add water until they are covered. Salt to taste. Allow to boil until the chunks can be easily mashed.
  7. In a separate pan bring the heavy cream to a boil. Drain the potato cubes, add hot cream and cold butter. Mash thoroughly.
  8. Add frozen corn and peas to lamb mixture. Simmer uncovered for 15 minutes and allow broth to reduce.
  9. Preheat broiler on low.
  10. Discard bay leaves and thyme and transfer lamb mixture to a baking pan. Spread the potatoes over the top and broil until the potatoes brown.
  11. Remove from broiler and enjoy!

Regardless of what you call it, a shepherd's pie is basically a casserole with a layer of cooked meat and vegetables, topped with mashed potatoes, and baked in the oven until the mashed potatoes are well browned. In England, the birthplace of this hearty dish, shepherd's pie is most often made with a ground lamb filling. In the States, it's more common to use ground beef. Both are delicious, and lamb can. Traditionally, shepherd's pie is made with lamb (hence the name).

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