Simple Way to Make Shepherd's Pie in 20 Minutes for Young Wife

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, shepherd's pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Shepherd's Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Shepherd's Pie is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Yes, shepherd's pie is predominantly thought of as Irish or British. But since I'm Scottish, I thought I'd give it a unique twist to suit my ancestral tastes. The use of lamb, the smoky, heather taste of Guinness® Draught (Irish, I admit), and the topping of sharp Cheddar and smoked paprika give this version its unique, smoky-sweet flavor.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have shepherd's pie using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's Pie:

1. Prepare Potatoes
2. Take Butter
3. Prepare milk
4. Make ready Ground Chuck 80/20
5. Get Extra Virgin Olive oil
6. Prepare Garlic salt
7. Make ready Granulated garlic
8. Make ready Ground black pepper
9. Prepare Rosemary leaves
10. Prepare pkg frozen peas

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. 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. 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).

Steps to make Shepherd's Pie:

1. Peel and cut potatoes and boil in large pot of salted water. Boil until potatoes are tender (about 20 minutes).
2. Drain potatoes. Add butter, milk, salt, and pepper to taste. Mash potatoes until creamy. Add more or less milk to get consistency desired. Set potatoes aside.
3. While potatoes are cooking place ground meat in hot skillet on stove. Add olive oil for both flavor and cooking benefit. Salt and pepper to taste. Add garlic salt and granulated garlic to taste. As meat turns brown add rosemary leaves. Let this simmer for a few minutes as you cook peas.
4. Place peas in microwaveable dish with 1/4 cup water. Cover and cook for 5 minutes in microwave.
5. Assembly. Place mashed potatoes on large platter. With spoon scoop out large hole in center. Place peas in this hole. Drain meat completely. Now add meat to top of peas.
6. Take photo. Serve and enjoy.

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. 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. 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.

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