Shepherd’s Pie
Aug 11, 2010 by Sherry Tan | 3 Comments| Share it:
About this Shepherd’s Pie Recipe
Another name for this recipe is cottage pie. However, traditionally, this is only called cottage pie when used with only beef mince. Shepherd’s Pie is mainly associated with lamb or mutton.
Shepherd’s Pie Ingredients
- 1Kg / 2.2 lbs Minced Meat (Mutton/Beef/pork) I use Pork in this recipe
- 500G / 1.1 lbs Potatoes for mashing
- 1 Carrot (Diced)
- 1 Onion (Diced)
- 7 Button Mushrooms (Diced)
- 50G / 17.6 ounces Grated Cheddar Cheese
- 1 Tbsp Vegetable oil
- 150G / 11.5 tbsp Butter
- 1 Tbsp flour combine with 1 Tbsp of Butter
- 30ml / 1 ounce Beef stock
- 100ml / 3.38 ounces Milk
- salt and pepper to season
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Add in the carrots and button mushrooms. Add the stock and thicken with the butter and flour. Cook for another couples of minutes.
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Add in Milk and grated cheddar cheese. Mix well. When it reaches a smooth consistency, add in a pinch of salt and pepper to season.
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Spoon over the mashed potatoes and tease the surface with a fork to make some texture.
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Preheat the oven to 220 Degrees C / 428 Degrees F. Place the pie into the oven and bake for 30 minutes. Check the pie from time to time to make sure the potatoes layers aren't burning.
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Serve with steamed broccoli and pasta.
Now that you have learned how to make shepherd’s pie, please be sure to view these other beef recipes and these pork recipes and these lamb recipes.
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3 Comments
Hi Luvveggies543, you are welcome! Just wish to share the thing i like with everybody. Now you gave me the idea how to make the shepherd’s pie in vegetarian version! Thank you!
Mar 28, 2011
What size is the tin you use for the recipe?
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I made a different version of this. It was really good. I just left out the meat, milk, butter, and flour. I used a instant 4-cheese potato mix, steamed veggies that I seasoned and added the potatoes on top. It was very tasty. Thanks for this recipe!