Recipe: Delicious Shepards pie

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Shepards pie. Find Out How To Make Delicious Pies. Yes, shepherd's pie is predominantly thought of as Irish or British. But since I'm Scottish, I thought I'd give it a unique twist to suit my ancestral tastes.

Shepards pie Keep it traditional or kick it up a notch with fun, creative twists. In England, the birthplace of this hearty dish, shepherd's pie is most often made with a ground lamb filling. In the States, it's more common to use ground beef. You can have Shepards pie using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Shepards pie

  1. You need 1 1/4 lb of ground beef or venison.
  2. Prepare 1 can of corn.
  3. You need 1 can of cream corn.
  4. It's 1 can of cream of mushroom soup.
  5. Prepare 1 envelope of Lipton beefy onion soup mix.
  6. It's 1 tbsp of lemon pepper.
  7. You need 1 tbsp of garlic salt.
  8. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of chili powder.
  9. It's 2 envelope of instant potatoes. .. homemade preferred but for tonight....instant.
  10. You need of shredded cheese.
  11. You need of chives.

Both are delicious, and lamb can. Traditionally, shepherd's pie is made with lamb (hence the name). 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. A shepherd's pie with just a wee touch of an Irish twist.

Shepards pie instructions

  1. Pre heat oven to 350.
  2. Brown meat and drain grease.
  3. Make instant taters ....or real mashed potatoes.
  4. In a casserole dish..Season meat and add beefy onion soup mix,corn and cream of mushroom soup and mix it up real good..
  5. Cover with mashed taters.
  6. Cook uncovered for 20 minutes.
  7. Top with chives and cheese and cook til cheese is melted.

This one's made the traditional way with ground lamb but features shredded Irish Cheddar cheese (like Dubliner by Kerrygold) mixed into the creamy mashed potato topping. Drain potatoes and pour them into a bowl. Combine sour cream, egg yolk and cream. Add the cream mixture into potatoes and mash until. Regardless of what you call it, a shepherd's pie is basically a casserole with a layer of cooked meat and vegetables, topped with mashed potatoes, and baked in the oven until the mashed potatoes are well browned.