Easiest Way to Make Yummy Baked Shepherd's Pie

Baked Shepherd's Pie. Peel and cube the potatoes; place in a large saucepan and cover with water. Shepherd's Pie recipes are traditionally done with lamb, but are great with any ground meat--turkey and beef being the most popular modern versions. Give this great casserole a try, and watch everyone flock to the table.

In a large skillet, cook ground beef until brown over medium-high heat. Stir in mushrooms, mixed vegetables, mushroom soup, celery soup, and salt and pepper; heat through. Pour into prepared baking dish, cover with mashed potatoes, and dot with butter. You can cook Baked Shepherd's Pie using 11 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Baked Shepherd's Pie

1. Prepare 500 grams of Potatoes.
2. Prepare 150 grams of Ground beef and pork mix.
3. Prepare 1/2 medium of sized Onion.
4. Prepare 70 ml of Milk.
5. It's 30 grams of Easy melting cheese.
6. You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Soy sauce.
8. You need 1 dash of Pepper.
9. You need 1 dash of Nutmeg.
10. You need 1 of Salt and pepper (For the mashed potatoes).
11. Prepare 1 of Whisked eggs (This helps to brown the recipe more easily; optional).

In a large bowl, mash potatoes with sour cream. Add salt and pepper; set aside. In a large skillet, cook beef with onion and red pepper until meat is no longer pink and vegetables are tender; drain. In England (and Australia and New Zealand) they would call the beef dish a "cottage pie" and the lamb dish "shepherd's pie".

Baked Shepherd's Pie instructions

1. Peel the potatoes, cut into fourths, and boil..
2. Finely chop the onions, and sauté in a pan coated with vegetable oil (not listed, about 1 teaspoon) until they become transparent..
3. Add the ground meat, cook until it changes color, add salt, soy sauce, pepper, and nutmeg and sauté some more..
4. Once the potatoes are cooked through, drain, season with salt and pepper, and mash..
5. Once they are pretty well mashed, add milk and mix thoroughly (Adjust the firmness to your liking with milk). Taste, and add more salt if needed..
6. Put half of the mashed potatoes into a casserole dish, and spread it out evenly..
7. Add all of the ground meat from step 3, and top with cheese..
8. Divide the remaining mashed potatoes into 3 equal portions and scatter on top..
9. Press it out evenly with plastic wrap..
10. Coat it with whisked egg; use a fork to make a pattern, and cook at 480°F/250°C for 15 minutes, and then at 570°F/300°C for another 5-6 minutes..
11. You are done once it turns golden brown!.
12. *If you are having trouble getting it to turn golden brown, I have a little trick... Mix 1 teaspoon of Mirin in with the whisked eggs and coat, and it will turn golden brown easily..
13. **If you don't have Mirin, then bake at 570°F/300°C from the start until it browns, and then reduce the heat..

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. 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. Most recipes for any Shepherd's Pie say use beef or lamb. That said, I made this version because it was fast and easy and I didn't have time for a more complicated recipe.