Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, shepherd's pie. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Shepherd's Pie is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Shepherd's Pie is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice 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 prepare a few components. You can have shepherd's pie using 20 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's Pie:

1. Take 1.5 lbs russet potatoes, peeled and cubed
2. Take 1/4 cup half & half
3. Take 2 tablespoons butter
4. Make ready 1 teaspoon kosher salt
5. Take 1/4 teaspoon cracked pepper
6. Make ready 1 egg yolk
7. Make ready 2 tablespoons canola oil
8. Get 1 small onion, diced (about one cup)
9. Make ready 2-3 carrots, peeled, diced (1 cup)
10. Take 2 large cloves garlic, minced
11. Prepare 1 1/2 lbs ground lamb (traditional) or ground beef
12. Get 1 teaspoon kosher salt
13. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon cracked pepper
14. Prepare 3 tablespoons flour
15. Get 2 tablespoons tomato paste
16. Prepare 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
17. Prepare 1 1/2 cup beef broth
18. Get 1 tablespoon ea. Chopped fresh rosemary and thyme leaves
19. Prepare Kernels cut from 2 ears corn (1 cup)
20. Make ready 1 cup 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. 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. 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 Traditionally, shepherd's pie is made with lamb (hence the name).

Instructions to make Shepherd's Pie:

1. Peel the potatoes and cut into 1/2-inch dice. Place in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Set over high heat, cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling, uncover, decrease the heat to maintain a simmer and cook until tender and easily crushed with tongs, approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
2. Place the half-and-half and butter into a microwave-safe container and heat in the microwave until warmed through, about 35 seconds. Drain the potatoes in a colander and then return to the saucepan. Mash the potatoes and then add the half and half, butter, salt and pepper and continue to mash until smooth. Stir in the yolk until well combined. - - Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
3. While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the filling. Place the canola oil into a 12-inch saute pan and set over medium high heat. Once the oil shimmers, add the onion and carrots and saute just until they begin to take on color, approximately 3 to 4 minutes. Add the garlic and stir to combine. Add the lamb, salt and pepper and cook until browned and cooked through, approximately 3 minutes. Sprinkle the meat with the flour and toss to coat, continuing to cook for another minute.
4. Add the tomato paste, beef broth, Worcestershire, rosemary, thyme, and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer slowly 10 to 12 minutes or until the sauce is thickened slightly. - - Add the corn and peas to the lamb mixture and spread evenly into an 11 by 7-inch glass baking dish. Top with the mashed potatoes, starting around the edges to create a seal to prevent the mixture from bubbling up and smooth with a rubber spatula.
5. Place on a cookie sheet on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 25 minutes or just until the potatoes begin to brown. Remove to a cooling rack for at least 15 minutes 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. 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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