Recipe: Tasty Shepherds Pie

Shepherds 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.

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. Spread potatoes evenly over beef; using a fork, decorate potatoes with lines and peaks. You can have Shepherds Pie using 17 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Shepherds Pie

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

Traditional Irish Shepherd's Pie would actually call for ground lamb. The difference between Shepherd's Pie and Cottage Pie is the meat. Cottage Pie uses ground beef, while Shepherd's Pie uses ground lamb. I called this recipe Shepherd's Pie.

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..

But, I wrote the recipe so that you could use ground beef or ground lamb. In a large bowl, mash potatoes with sour cream. Add salt and pepper; set aside. In a large skillet, cook beef with onion and red pepper until meat is no longer pink and vegetables are tender; drain. Stir garlic salt into meat mixture.