Shepherds Pie Recipe 2 Pound Beef

The Best Classic Shepherd's Pie – AKA Shepards Pie or Cottage Pie. Ground Beef (or lamb) with vegetables in a rich gravy, topped with cheesy mashed potatoes, and baked.

Shepherd'south Pie

So, this is how you spell information technology:  Shepherd's Pie.  Only, from doing a quick google search, it came to my attending that TONS of people think it's Shepards Pie.

Irish Shepherd's Pie

Traditional Irish Shepherd'south Pie would actually call for basis lamb.  The difference between Shepherd'due south Pie and Cottage Pie is the meat.  Cottage Pie uses ground beef, while Shepherd'south Pie uses basis lamb.

I called this recipe Shepherd's Pie.  Merely, I wrote the recipe and then that you could use basis beefiness or footing lamb.

I typically use ground beef because it is widely available.  But, for a special occasion, like St. Patricks day, I would use ground lamb.

How To Make Shepherd'southward Pie

(Note – The full printable recipe is at the bottom of this post)

• Sauté some chopped onions in olive oil.
• Add together ground beef or basis lamb.

• Add together dried parsley, dried thyme, dried rosemary, common salt, and pepper.
• Stir and cook the meat mixture until the meat is browned.
• Add minced garlic and Worcestershire sauce.

• Melt the garlic for a infinitesimal.
• Add flour and tomato plant paste.

• Add beef goop, frozen mixed peas and carrots, and frozen corn kernels.
• Simmer the meat gravy until it is thick.

• Boil some peeled and chopped potatoes until they are soft.
• Drain the potatoes

• Add together butter, one-half & one-half, parmesan cheese, garlic powder, table salt, and pepper.
• Mash the potatoes until smooth.

• Pour the meat mixture into a casserole dish.
• Acme it with the cheesy mashed potatoes.

• Broil until the meat is bubbling and the potatoes are golden.

Easy Shepherd's Pie

Making the all-time Shepherd's Pie is not hard.  But, there are a few steps to it.  Y'all have to brand the meat mixture, the mashed potatoes, assemble the goulash, and bake information technology.

I discover that the easiest way to brand this dish is to work ahead.  You could brand the beefiness or lamb mixture ahead of time.  Or, you could make the mashed potatoes alee of fourth dimension.

Yous could also make the whole recipe ahead of time.  Merely gather the casserole, cover the dish, and keep it in the fridge until you are ready to bake it.  I find it is all-time to broil information technology within 3 days of preparing it.

When you are ready to bake information technology, take it out of the fridge for about twenty minutes before y'all demand to bake information technology to allow it starting time coming to room temperature.  Uncover information technology, and bake.

What to serve with The Best Shepherd's Pie

• Deviled Eggs
• Roasted Broccoli from Skinnytaste
• The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sentry the Video for the Best Classic Shepherd's Pie Below.

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Prep Time twenty minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 60 minutes ten minutes

Meat Filling:

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• i cup chopped yellow onion
• 1 lb. 90% lean ground beefiness -or ground lamb
• two teaspoons dried parsley leaves
• one teaspoon stale rosemary leaves
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• one/two teaspoon table salt
• one/2 teaspoon basis black pepper
• ane tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 garlic cloves -minced
• ii tablespoons all purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons tomato plant paste
• one cup beef broth
• one cup frozen mixed peas & carrots*
• 1/2 cup frozen corn kernels

Irish potato Topping:

• one ½ - 2 lb. russet potatoes -about ii big potatoes peeled and cut into i inch cubes
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter -one stick
• 1/3 cup one-half & half
• ane/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon common salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• one/4 cup parmesan cheese

Make the Meat Filling.

• Add the oil to a large skillet and place it over medium-high heat for ii minutes. Add the onions. Cook v minutes, stirring occasionally.

• Add the ground beef (or ground lamb) to the skillet and break information technology apart with a wooden spoon. Add the parsley, rosemary, thyme, salt, and and pepper. Stir well. Cook for six-8 minutes, until the meat is browned, stirring occasionally.

• Add the Worcestershire sauce and garlic. Stir to combine. Cook for one infinitesimal.

• Add the flour and tomato plant paste. Stir until well incorporated and no clumps of tomato paste remain.

• Add the broth, frozen peas and carrots, and frozen corn. Bring the liquid to a eddy then reduce to simmer. Simmer for v minutes, stirring occasionally.

• Gear up the meat mixture aside. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Make the potato topping.

• Place the potatoes in a large pot. Cover the potatoes with water. Bring the water to a boil. Reduce to a simmer. Melt until potatoes are fork tender, 10-15 minutes.

• Drain the potatoes in a colander. Return the potatoes to the hot pot. Permit the potatoes rest in the hot pot for 1 minute to evaporate any remaining liquid.

• Add butter, half & half, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Mash the potatoes and stir until all the ingredients are mixed together.

• Add the parmesan cheese to the potatoes. Stir until well combined.

Assemble the casserole.

• Cascade the meat mixture into a 9x9 (or 7x11) inch baking dish. Spread information technology out into an even layer. Spoon the mashed potatoes on top of the meat. Carefully spread into an even layer.

• If the blistering dish looks very total, place it on a rimmed baking sail so that the filling doesn't bubble over into your oven. Bake uncovered for 25-thirty minutes.** Cool for 15 minutes before serving.

*If you can't detect frozen mixed peas and carrots, yous could use ½ cup frozen peas and ½ cup frozen sliced carrots.

**Bake at 400° F.  Start preheating the oven after you make the meat mixture (listed in stride 6).

Serving: ane /6th of the recipe | Calories: 400 kcal | Carbohydrates: xiii g | Protein: 19 one thousand | Fat: xxx one thousand | Saturated Fat: 15 1000 | Cholesterol: 97 mg | Sodium: 751 mg | Potassium: 483 mg | Fiber: 2 grand | Sugar: 2 yard | Vitamin A: 2860 IU | Vitamin C: vii.9 mg | Calcium: 99 mg | Iron: 2.vii mg

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