Shepherd’s Pie is a classic British comfort dish made with minced lamb cooked in gravy and vegetables, topped with creamy mashed potatoes and baked until golden. It’s warm, hearty, and perfect for a filling meal. 🥔🥩
Simple Shepherd’s Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- 500 g minced lamb
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 2 carrots (diced)
- 1 cup peas
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 cup broth (beef or lamb)
- 4 large potatoes
- 2 tbsp butter
- ¼ cup milk
- Salt and black pepper
- Optional: garlic, thyme, or rosemary 🌿
Instructions
- Prepare the mashed potatoes
- Boil peeled potatoes until soft.
- Mash with butter, milk, salt, and pepper until creamy.
- Cook the filling
- In a pan, cook onion until soft.
- Add minced lamb and brown it.
- Add carrots, tomato paste, broth, and seasoning.
- Simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Stir in peas.
- Assemble
- Spread the meat mixture in a baking dish.
- Cover with mashed potatoes.
- Bake
- Bake at 200°C (400°F) for 20–25 minutes until the top turns golden.
Tip ⭐
For extra flavor, sprinkle cheese on the mashed potato before baking.
Interesting Note
If the same dish is made with beef instead of lamb, it’s usually called Cottage Pie.
If you want, I can also show:
- a 30-minute quick shepherd’s pie
- a Pakistani-style shepherd’s pie
- or the Gordon Ramsay version of shepherd’s pie 👨🍳.
