How do you make sheperd's pie?

Question

I know it's ground beef, vegetables, and potatoes, but I'm not sure what else goes in it..Thanks

Answer 1

This is my favorite recipe to make and it's so easy and yummy!

Recipe Summary
Difficulty: Easy
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Inactive Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Yield: 4 to 6 servings

Beef Shepherd's Pie From Food Network Kitchens

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 medium onion, diced
3 medium carrots, peeled and sliced
1 rib celery, sliced
1/2 pound cremini mushrooms, quartered
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon kosher salt
3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
3 tablespoons tomato paste
1 pound ground beef
1/4 cup canned low sodium beef broth
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Freshly ground black pepper
4 cups Mashed Potatoes, recipe follows
1/4 cup grated Parmesan, optional
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.


Heat the olive oil and 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery, mushrooms, garlic, half the salt, and oregano. Cook until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and cook until mushrooms are soft and tomato paste has turned brick red, about 8 minutes more. Stir in the beef, the broth, the remaining salt, the Worcestershire, and some pepper, breaking up any large clumps of meat, cook until the meat is no longer pink, about 3 minutes.
Transfer the meat and vegetables to a 2-quart oval casserole dish and spread the mashed potatoes over the top, leaving a 1/4-inch boarder around the edge. Make a decorative pattern on the top of the potatoes, if desired. Sprinkle with cheese, if using, and dot with the remaining tablespoon of butter. Bake until potatoes brown and the juices bubble around the edge, about 40 minutes. Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.

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Mashed Potatoes:
1 1/2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled quartered
2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more for seasoning
3/4 cup whole milk
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Freshly ground black pepper
Put the potatoes in a saucepan with cold water to cover by about 1-inch and add the salt. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, uncovered, until the potatoes are tender but not mushy, about 15 minutes. At the same time, combine the milk and butter in a small saucepan and warm over low heat until the butter is melted. Remove from the heat and cover to keep warm.

Drain the potatoes and return to the saucepan. Toss the potatoes over medium heat until dry. Add the heated milk mixture and mash the potatoes until just slightly chunky, then stir in the parsley and season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Answer 2

Since the meat and vegetables will already be cooked before assembling into a "pie" (really a casserole with mashed potatoes as the top layer), they should be seasoned the way you like to eat them separately. There is a good made-from-scratch recipe at this URL (http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/000216easy_shepherds_pie.php) and you can find many others online as well. Some people use shepherd's pie as a way to use up leftovers.

Answer 3

Shepherd's Pie
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups cooked chopped leftover roast lamb
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
2 cups lamb gravy
salt and pepper
2 cups mashed potato, prepared with milk and seasonings as desired
salt and pepper
1/8 teaspoon paprika
1 tablespoon butter
PREPARATION:
Combine meat, gravy, and chopped onion; season with salt and pepper to taste. Line the bottom of a buttered baking dish with a layer of half of the seasoned mashed potatoes. Add meat mixture then cover with remaining mashed potatoes. Or, meat and gravy can be put in the baking dish first then topped with all of the mashed potatoes. Dot mashed potato topping with butter, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and paprika, then bake for about 30 minutes at 400°, or until potato topping is browned and the shepherd's pie is thoroughly heated.

***You can also use beef and beef gravy instead of lamb and lamb gravy. ENJOY!!!

Answer 4

Shepherd's Pie
1 lb. ground beef (seasoned)
1 cup mixed vegtables (corn and green beans)
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup shredded cheese (mild cheddar)
2 cups mashed potatoes

Cook the beef and place in casserole dish. Mix in the soups. Layer the veggies next and then the cheese and last the potatoes. (We find that the cheese gets burned on top.)
Cook at 350 until heated through, about 20 minutes.
My mom uses spegetti sauce in the meat instead of the creamed soups, and sometimes we make it with pork chops diced up and gravy instead of the creamed soups.

Answer 5

Fry up your ground beef with onions, or just throw in a pkg of onion soup mix when frying the beef. Boil and mash potatoes and place to one side. Lay your fried beef on the bottom of your casserole dish, then throw a couple of cans of drained corn kernels and level on top of the meat. (You can you any form of vegetable but my family love corn) Place your mashed potatoes on top of the veggies and level it out with a spoon. I always put a lil extra butter in them and milk. Bake at 350 degrees for about one hour. Serve and enjoy.

Answer 6

Make a batch of mashed potatoes - both boil peeled potatoes and mash including butter, one million/two t salt and a little bit milk - or use instantaneous. You want approximately three cups. Buy a can of ready stew - pork stew is well. OR you'll make your possess filling by means of boiling a few pork stew meat, upload a few bouillion cubes, after meat is smooth upload potatoes, carrots, onion, garlic, and different veggies you prefer (equivalent to turnips, froz peas, and so forth) Continue boiling til the veggies are performed. To one million/two cup bloodless water upload four T of flour or corn starch. Mix it good - till tender. Add - stirring continually - to the stew and it'll thicken. Buy a ready pie crust for the backside of the pie or make your possess. Put pie crust in backside of the pie plate/tin letting edges hold over reasonably. Trim to external fringe of the pan and use a fork to press it down at the area or you'll flute it so it stands up in curves by means of pinching lightly among a thumb and forefinger and your different forefinger. Fill the pie with the stew after which lightly pile in your fluffy mashed potatoes. Bake for 30-forty five min at 350 levels in best part of the oven. If the mash potatoes don't brown off good you'll flip the broiler on for two-three mins and WATCH cautiously as it could actually burn effortlessly. Good success! :) Jill

Answer 7

Start it like a regular meat pie but cover the top with a neat layer of mashed potatoes instead of a crust and then make sure that top gets a golden color.

Answer 8

Its actually, traditionally, lamb stewed in wine and spices that is encased (like a pie) in mashed potatoes in a casserole dish. A very simple and delicious recipe that most people complicate by using ground meats, gravies, all kinds of spices, and a married of vegetables.

Answer 9

It is made with any type of meat...Chopped, shredded or ground lamb or beef in a broth.

It then is topped with vegetables, then spread with mashed potatoes and baked. Some people top it with cheese too.

That's it.

Answer 10

I use the recipe on Food Network by Tyler Florence. The only adjustments I make is I don't use quite as much kosher salt as it calls for. I'm planning on making this dish next week. There are a few recipes on that site, so make sure you click on the one that's by Tyler. My whole family loves this dish. I make it in individual ramekins.