Recipe: Appetizing Shepherd's pie

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

You'll love the convenience of this easy, comforting shepherd's pie from Martha Stewart. Unlike other shepherd's pie recipes, this one calls for frozen vegetables instead of fresh and can be made the day before. Shepherd's pie is traditionally made with a ground-lamb filling, but we make ours with ground beef. You can cook Shepherd's pie using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Shepherd's pie

1. It's 1 of ground beef or lamb.
2. Prepare 1/4 cup of frozen corn.
3. You need 1/4 cup of frozen peas.
4. You need 1/4 cup of frozen or fresh carrot cubed.
5. Prepare 3 of large potatoes.
6. You need 1 of small onion, chopped.
7. Prepare 3 clove of garlic.
8. It's 2 tbsp of ketchup.
9. It's 1 of paprika.
10. It's 1 tsp of ground black pepper.
11. Prepare 1/4 tsp of chili powder.
12. It's 1/4 cup of water.
13. You need 1 of oil to cook meat.
14. You need 1/4 cup of cheese.
15. It's 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
16. Prepare 1/3 cup of flour.
17. It's 1/4 cup of milk.

The sauce is really simple and flavorful, but the best part is the insanely fluffy mashed potato. Traditionally, shepherd's pie is made with lamb (hence the name). However, as the dish gained wider popularity outside of its native English homeland (where using beef would make this a cottage pie), beef became a common substitute, especially in America where it's more widely available than ground lamb. Shepherd's Pie comes to us from England, and is traditionally made with lamb or mutton.

Shepherd's pie step by step

1. If a pan, add the oil, onion and chopped garlic.
2. Let it cook for couple of minutes then add the beef or lamb.
3. Keep stirring.. you can little bit of cinnamon powder to remove the smell of lamb or beef **optional**.
4. Once the meat is cooked, add the flour and keep stirring till the flour is golden.
5. Add all the spices and the ketchup.. keep stirring.
6. Add the water then the veggies.
7. Cover over low heat for 5 minutes.
8. Add the meat to the pan that will go to the oven.
9. Boil the potatoes in boiling water then peel them and mash them.
10. In a cooking pan add bit of oil and the mashed potatoes.. keep stirring then add the milk and cheese.
11. Spread the mashed potatoes over the meat.. make some groves using a fork to the top of the potatoes.
12. Cook in the oven for 20 min 350°F.

Here in the states we are more of a beef eating culture than a lamb eating one, and when one is served "shepherd's pie" here, it is most often made with ground beef. Best Shepherd's Pie This is the best shepherds pie recipe I've ever had, and it comes from a friend who was a whiz at pinching pennies without sacrificing hearty flavor.—Valerie Merrill, Topeka, Kansas These shepherd's pie recipes run the range from the traditional (featuring ground or minced lamb) to the modestly modified (ground beef instead of lamb) to the more modern and experimental (vegan or paleo shepherd's pies). You can't go wrong with any of these savory one-pot comfort-food casseroles, complete meals that also feature veggies, a savory gravy, and a mashed potato (or a surprise. So, this is how you spell it: Shepherd's Pie. But, from doing a quick google search, it came to my attention that TONS of people think it's Shepards Pie.