Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, easy traditional irish shepherd's pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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This is truly the traditional shepherds pie. As the allrecipes.com video on this states Shepherds raised sheep not cow hence the use of lamb and not beef and the name "Shepherds Pie. How to Make Irish Shepherd's Pie Recipe.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have easy traditional irish shepherd's pie using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Traditional Irish Shepherd's Pie:
- Take 1-1 1/2 lbs ground meat of your choosing
- Get 1 Small Onion, diced
- Get 8 oz Frozen Peas and Carrots, thawed
- Take 2 tsp Ground Black Pepper
- Make ready 4-8 servings of Instant Mashed Potatoes
The difference between Shepherd's Pie and Cottage Pie is the meat. Cottage Pie uses ground beef, while Shepherd's Pie uses ground lamb. I called this recipe Shepherd's Pie. But, I wrote the recipe so that you could use ground beef or ground lamb.
Instructions to make Easy Traditional Irish Shepherd's Pie:
- Place the ground meat and onion into a pot over medium heat. Cook the two of them until they both have been browned. Usually about 10 minutes.
- Add the Peas & Carrots to the pot. Stir together, adding the pepper to the mix as well. Cook together for another 5 to 10 minutes.
- When the meat mixture is complete, place into a either a pie or cake pan, about 9 inches. Set to the side. Usually, you can use two pans.
- Prepare the mashed potatoes as directed on the box. When it is done, put the mashed potatoes on top of the meat mixture. Spread evenly across the top.
- Turn the Broiler on in your oven. Put the two pans into the oven. Cook for 10 minutes. Check here to see if the topping is to your liking. Everything is basically cooked, so you are just browning the top of the mashed potatoes. I will usually add another 5 to 10 minutes
- Enjoy!
All of that is cooked in a delicious red wine/chicken broth saucy situation. It's everything a Shepherd's pie or a cottage pie should be! It does re-heat pretty well but gets slightly. Place in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Set over high heat, cover and bring to a boil.
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