Shepherd's pie. Place in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Set over high heat, cover and bring to a boil. 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.

This is a recipe for Cottage Pie. Thank you, Dale 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. You can have Shepherd's pie using 15 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Shepherd's pie

1. It's of Potatoes.
2. It's of Minced meat.
3. You need of Mozzarella cheese.
4. It's of Onions.
5. You need of Butter.
6. It's of Red,green and yellow peppers.
7. It's of Peas and carrots.
8. It's of Flour.
9. You need of Water.
10. You need of Garlic and ginger paste.
11. It's of Black pepper.
12. You need of Dried thyme.
13. You need of Rosemary.
14. It's of Seasoning.
15. You need of Tomatoes paste.

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 "shepherd's pie" here, it is most often made with ground beef. 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.

Shepherd's pie instructions

1. Sauté some chopped onions in butter. Add minced meat,dried parsley,thyme,rosemary,salt,black pepper,garlic and ginger paste and seasoning together. Cook for a of minute.Add a little flour and tomatoes paste.Add water peas and carrots.Simmer the meat gravy until thick..
2. Meanwhile, go ahead and boil some peeled and chopped potatoes.Drain the potatoes, add butter,salt, black pepper and mash until smooth..
3. Pour the meat mixture into a casserole dish. Top it the mashed potatoes and mozzarella cheese and bake..

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 This easy shepherd's pie is a layered casserole of ground beef and veggies in a homemade gravy. It's topped with Cheddar cheese mashed potatoes. 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. Traditional Irish Shepherd's Pie would actually call for ground lamb.