Looking for advice and recipes for shepherd's pie.

[wnylib]

Which is better to use, ground beef or stewing beef?

Which vegetables to include? Seasonings?

[Grasswire2]

1. I would trust Brit chef Jamie Oliver to have excellent recipes for shepherd's pie

and I think there are several to be found on youtube of his.

[comradebillyboy]

2. I use ground beef and for veggies I include onions,

corn and mushrooms. Frozen mixed veggies are also an option. To enhance overall flavor I also add a can of beef consume or beefy mushroom soup.

We will be dining on leftover shepherds pie tonight as a matter of fact.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Here is a recipe..

[link:https://culinaryginger.com/traditional-shepherds-pie/|

Traditional Shepard's Pie is made with ground Lamb, not ground beef. But I am sure you can make it however you want and it will turn out great.

Good Luck.

[wnylib]

10. Thanks. It was helpful. Apparently,

according to your link, I am planning to make a cottage pie (beef) instead of a shepherd's pie (lamb), although beef is often used today for what is called shepherd's pie. The recipe looks good.

[democratsruletheday]

4. my wife makes a MEAN shepherd's pie.....Been to Ireland and it stacks up

here ya go:


Potato Mixture: Peel 6 to 8 large potatoes. Leave them whole. Boil them until tender. Drain the potatoes and put them into the bowl of a stand mixer. Add a half stick softened butter and 1/3 cup warm milk. Salt and pepper or other seasonings to taste. Mix until fluffy.

Meat/Vegetable Mixture: While the potatoes are cooking, dice a large sweet onion and 3 stalks of celery. Sautee in olive oil until tender. Remove from heat. Then brown about 1.5 pounds ground beef. (You can also use venison or ground turkey). When the meat is browned, mix with the sauteed vegetables.

Spread the meat mixture into a 9x13 pan. Top with whipped potatoes.

Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes, or until potato topping is nicely browned. You can also sprinkle shredded cheese atop this and melt it under the broiler for a few minutes at the end, or add a cup of shredded cheese into the mashed potatoes as you are mixing them.

[TygrBright]

5. My Cottage Pie (ground beef) uses carrots, onions, peas...

And I use Bisto for the sauce.

Also, a tip - I divide the mashed potato topping in half and add an egg to one half, the "bottom" layer that sits atop the beef, veggies and sauce. Then add the other half as a "top" layer, and brush it with melted butter.

The egg in the bottom half prevents the sauce from soaking up through the potatoes, and the butter on the top half helps brown the top and make it crusty during the last 4 minutes under the broiler.

helpfully,
Bright

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. Thanks. That's a good idea. Make quite often and was

Going to add the tip to not put as much milk in potatoes as usual. But your idea better.

What's bisto ? Hard to know a good ratio ground beef to liquid/consomme

No shredded cheese on top?

I'm definitely not a recipe type person

[TygrBright]

18. Shredded cheese on top sometimes... not always.

This is Bisto:



We get it at World Market although sometimes they've been out and I've had to mail order. It's good for cottage pie, hash, stews, meat loaf, etc.

I have carefully avoided researching how bad for us/the planet it is likely to be.

helpfully,
Bright

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. That's interesting. I'll have to order it. Because I'm always looking for something

Actually tastes real. Believe it or not I buy Campbell's beef consomme because I love the flavor it adds - it's like my secret ingredient and it doesn't taste artificial. It used to have sauterne in it in the good old days

Do you have any secrets for something that tastes like real chicken broth? The only one I found is Manischewitz and Lipton's real broth dry soup mix. Kosher version great.

[TygrBright]

20. Better than Bouillon chicken flavor is pretty good. n/t

[mercuryblues]

6. I use ground beef

Peel about 4 potatoes and boil with 1 clove of chopped garlic a a tsp of basil

Brown about 1 lb of beef with onions. When browned Drain the grease and place the beef in casserole dish. Make a gravy. I use that cheap brown gravy mix - follow directions on packet. pour on top of hamburger

Use either canned or frozen peas and 1 shredded small carrot or a small handful of precut matchstick carrots. pour on top of hamburger and gravy

When potatoes are done, drain and whip as usual. spread over top of peas & carrots.

Bake at 400 until potatoes start to brown on top.

[GPV]

7. Gravy and thyme with ground beef, buttery mashed potatoes, sprinkled cheddar cheese

[Old Crank]

8. SInce Shepard's Pie

is basically a covered stew both can be used. Lamb is traditional but it is now pricey.
Ground beef will be faster since you have to cook stew meat longer to make it tender.
I tend to use ground beef and my liquid is a beef stock.
Good luck

[The Polack MSgt]

9. Every recipe I've tried from this guy has been a winner

He swears. A lot.

So, if that bothers you perhaps skip on over to another Commonwealth cook's video

[wnylib]

11. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions.

They look good. I will use beef instead of lamb, and ground beef instead of stewing beef.

[lillypaddle]

12. Shepherd's pie is made with lamb

cottage pie is made with beef. That's all I've learned so far!

I'd like to know how yours turns out. Pictures have always looked so good to me, and some years back I had shepherd's pie in England, and OMG! It was so GOOD! If I remember (it's been some years) it had the richest gravy, tender pieces of beef, mushrooms, and peas.

[Vinca]

13. I make it when I have some leftover pot roast and gravy to use up. Works really well.

As for veg, I grab whatever's in the freezer and/or fridge that makes sense.

[Retrograde]

14. Depends

If you're making it to use leftover meat, then whatever you have, chopped fine, will do. I've made it with leftover leg of lamb, pot roast, and steak. If you making it from the beginning, I think ground beef is the easiest way to go.

As for vegetables, think British Isles: potatoes, carrots, peas, turnips, parsnips (a sadly underrated vegetable: think of carrots turned up to 11), and onion. I keep seasonings to salt and pepper.

Don't worry: there are as many recipes as there are grandmothers!

[trof]

15. Well actually lamb/mutton would be traditional.

Check Chef John's recipe on youtube.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. Lamb way too gamey to me.