Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, shepherd's pie. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Shepherd's Pie comes to us from England, and is traditionally made with lamb or mutton. Here in the states we are more of a beef eating culture than a lamb eating one, and when one is served..with the kind of refrigeration we had in our homes, cooked meat could be kept much more safely than raw. Therefore, when housewives bought their Sunday meat they selected pieces large enough to.
Shepherd's Pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Shepherd's Pie is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook shepherd's pie using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's Pie:
- Make ready For the filling:
- Take 200 gms chicken mince
- Get 1 onion finely chopped
- Get 2 tbsp grated carrots
- Make ready 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- Get 1/2 tsp pepper
- Make ready 1/2 tsp rosemary (or any herb of your choice)
- Get 3 tbsp tomato puree
- Make ready 2 tbsp tomato sauce
- Prepare 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- Take 1 bay leaf
- Prepare 2 tbsp olive oil
- Get As per taste Salt to sate
- Make ready For the topping:
- Take 2 large potatoes
- Make ready 1 egg yolk (optional)
- Get 2 tsp butter
- Get to taste Salt
Plunge your spoon into a shepherd's pie with creamy mash and flavourful lamb mince. We've got traditional recipes, plus spiced and vegetarian alternatives. This easy Shepherd's Pie recipe is filled with lots of veggies and tender ground beef (or lamb), simmered together in the most delicious sauce, and topped with the creamiest mashed potatoes. Shepherd's pie is a classic comfort food recipe that's healthy, hearty and filling.
Steps to make Shepherd's Pie:
- To prepare the filling, heat 2 tbsp of oil in a pan. Add in the bay leaf and the finely chopped onions and saute.
- When the onions begin to get translucent, add in the chicken mince, ginger garlic paste, grated carrots, salt and pepper and mix well. Cover it with a lid and cook until done.
- Add in the tomato puree, tomato sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Mix well and cook for a few minutes. Ensure that the filling is not too dry. You can add water or stock if required.
- For the topping, boil the potatoes in salted water. Mash them well. Add in the butter and egg yolk. Mix well. Add in more salt if required.
- To assemble the pie, in an oven proof dish, create an even layer of the filling. Top it with the mashed potatoes and smoothen it out. Create a design of your choice with a fork.
- Bake it at 220 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are golden brown. Serve hot.
The bottom layer is a simple a mix of ground lamb and vegetables, simmered into a delicious savory sauce. Try the classic shepherd's pie recipe or mix it up with a veggie shepherd's pie with lentils, or add parsnips to your mash like Nigel Slater. Add some grated hidden veggies to help the kids eat healthily. 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 topping.
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