Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, shepherd's pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Shepherd's pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Shepherd's pie is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have shepherd's pie using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's pie:

1. Take 1cksp sunflower/vegetable  oil
2. Make ready 1 large onion
3. Prepare 2-3 carrots
4. Take 1 Green/yellow bell peppers
5. Get 500 g pack lamb/beef mince
6. Get 1cksp tomato purée
7. Prepare 100g potato,cut into chunks
8. Prepare 2tbsp butter
9. Make ready 1/2cup milk
10. Make ready 100g Cheese(Parmesan or mozzarella)

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. 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. Traditionally, shepherd's pie is made with lamb (hence the name).

Instructions to make Shepherd's pie:

1. Heat the oil in a pan, then soften the onion, peppers and carrots for a few mins. When soft, turn up the heat, crumble in the lamb/meat and brown, tipping off any excess fat. Add the tomato purée, season to taste then cover and cook.
2. Meanwhile, heat the oven to 160C/ gas, then make the mash. Boil the potatoes in salted water for 10-15 mins until tender. Drain, then mash with the butter, cheese and milk.
3. Put the mince sauce into an ovenproof dish, top with the mash and ruffle with a fork. Bake for 20-25 mins until the top is starting to colour and the mince is bubbling through at the edges. Sprinkle cheese on top. Leave to stand for 5 mins before serving.

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). 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. 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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