Recipe: Yummy Shepherds Pie

Shepherds 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.

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 is a classic comfort food recipe that's healthy, hearty and filling. You can cook Shepherds Pie using 17 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Shepherds Pie

1. It's of Shepherds Meat.
2. Prepare 1 of onion, diced.
3. You need 1 tablespoon of butter.
4. Prepare 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
5. It's 2 cloves of garlic, crushed.
6. You need of Salt and freshly ground black pepper.
7. You need 1 tablespoon of tomato paste.
8. You need 2 pounds of lean ground beef.
9. You need 1/2 cup of beef stock.
10. You need 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce.
11. You need 1 1/2 cups of frozen or fresh peas.
12. It's of Cheesey Mashed Tater Topping.
13. It's 5 tablespoons of butter.
14. Prepare 5 lbs of Idaho taters.
15. You need 1/3 cup of sour cream.
16. Prepare 1 1/4 cup of sharp chedder.
17. You need of Salt and pepper.

The bottom layer is a simple a mix of ground lamb and vegetables, simmered into a delicious. This easy Shepherd's Pie recipe is filled with lots of veggies and tender ground beef (or lamb), simmered together in the most delicious sauce. This is a dish I grew up on and loved it everytime my mom made it. It's a British classic and all Shepherd's Pie Recipe.

Shepherds Pie step by step

1. Pie Meat: Add butter and oil to a large skillet on medium heat. Saute onions until tender about 10 min. Season with salt and pepper. Add the tomato paste, then the ground beef and cook until beef is no longer pink about 10 minutes. Add the Worcestershire sauce and beef stock. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook and simmer for another 10 minutes. Mix in peas. Transfer mixture to an oven-proof baking dish and spread evenly..
2. Cheesey Taters: Fill a large saucepan with cold water. Add potatoes to the water and bring to a boil. Let potatoes cook until soft about 20 minutes. Once the potatoes are at a desired density, drain the potatoes and place them back into the saucepan for mashing. Add butter and sour cream and begin to mash potatoes into a semi smooth consistency. Once at desired texture season with salt and pepper..
3. Place mashed potato on top of ground beef mixture and spread out evenly, once the top surface has been covered, rake through with a fork so that there are peaks that will brown nicely. Place the dish into the preheated oven and cook until browned about 20 minutes. Spoon out the shepherd's pie sprinkle shredded cheese on top and serve..

Shepherd's pie with rich lamb and creamy mash is winter comfort food at its best. Patty's Day celebrations, shepherd's pie is full of distinctly Irish ingredients. This is the best shepherd's pie recipe I've ever tasted. It's very quick to make, and I usually have most—if not all—of the ingredients already on hand. —Tirzah Sandt, San Diego. Growing up, my family had a tradition of big Sunday dinners.