English Shepherd's Pie
English Shepherd's Pie

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The coziest comfort food on a wintry night, shepherd's pie in different guise. Comfort comes from fresh ingredients selected for the very purpose of assembling the pie. A true shepherd's pie is made with lamb while a cottage pie is made with beef. In the US, I notice that it is often called a shepherd's pie when it really is just a cottage pie.

English Shepherd's Pie is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. English Shepherd's Pie is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook english shepherd's pie using 21 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make English Shepherd's Pie:
  1. Prepare The Filling:
  2. Make ready 1 1/2 lb Ground Lamb or Beef (1 1/2 pounds)
  3. Get 2 tbsp Olive Oil
  4. Get 1 large Carrot (grated)
  5. Make ready 1 large Onion (grated)
  6. Prepare 1 tsp Fresh Rosemary
  7. Prepare 1 tsp Fresh Thyme
  8. Get 4 clove Garlic (crushed)
  9. Take 1 pinch Salt
  10. Get 1 pinch Pepper
  11. Prepare 3 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
  12. Make ready 1 can Tomato Puree or Paste (small)
  13. Prepare 1/4 cup Chicken Stock
  14. Take The Mash:
  15. Make ready 1 1/2 lb Golden Potatoes (1 1/2 pounds)
  16. Get 1/4 cup Heavy Cream
  17. Make ready 3 1/2 tbsp Butter
  18. Prepare 1 pinch Salt
  19. Make ready 1 pinch Pepper
  20. Prepare 2 Egg Yolks
  21. Make ready 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese

It's fairly easy and comes out amazing. English shepherd's pie looks good, in Quebec we top a layer of minced meat, a layer of kerneled corn and a layer of mashed potatoes, this is the basic but there is many variations. This is how to make a real English shepherds pie, made with lamb. If made with beef, it would be known as cottage pie.

Instructions to make English Shepherd's Pie:
  1. Preheat the oven at 180º
  2. Peel and slice your potatoes evenly, then place in a sauce pan of boiling water. Add some salt and set a timer for 15mins. In this time you can start on your filling.
  3. In a seperate large pan, pour in the Olive Oil and once heated add your meat and stir vigorously for a few minutes until it's nice and brown and broken into very small pieces.
  4. Add the Rosemary, Thyme, Garlic, Salt and Pepper, then stir some more. Quickly add your Carrots and Onion and stir a little longer so everything is to a minced consistency.
  5. Stir in the Worcestershire Sauce then add the Tomato Puree and stir for few minutes. Pour in the Chicken Stock and cook for 3 more minutes. By this time your potatoes should be ready.
  6. Take your potatoes out and strain the water off. Put the potatoes into a medium mixing bowl and mash the potatoes with all the mash ingredients.
  7. Scoop the meat mixture into a deep casserole or other oven proof dish and then spoon the mash over the top. Spread the mash over using the bottom of the spoon and sprinkle a generous portion of Parmesan Cheese over the top. Poke the top with a fork several times then stick it in the oven for 18-20 minutes to brown the potatoes and set the pie.

This is how to make a real English shepherds pie, made with lamb. If made with beef, it would be known as cottage pie. Firstly, heat the olive oil in a pan, add the onion, garlic and carrot and cook until soft. Add minced lamb and stock cube, then cook until the mince is brown and shows a crumbly texture. Yes, shepherd's pie is predominantly thought of as Irish or British.

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