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Shepherd's Pie

Shepherd's pie is one of the most comforting foods out there. Extremely easy to make as well.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American, Switzerland
Keyword: pie, shepherd's

Ingredients

  • 900 g ground lamb or beef or chucke roast
  • 1 yellow onion
  • 1 large carrot
  • 8 cloves garlic
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 2.5 tbsp flour
  • 1½ cups beef broth
  • 1.5 tbsp worcestershire sauce
  • 1 sprig rosemary
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 4 large russet potatoes
  • 4 tbsp unsalted butter
  • ⅓ cup heavy cream
  • 2 tbsp parmesan
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • chives
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella

Instructions

Braised beef method

  • If you decide on using braised beef follow these steps, if not, ignore this section and move on to the "meat mixture"
  • Sear your chuck roast in a pan.
  • Pressure cook on high with 1L of beef stock for 45 minutes.
  • Remove the beef and let it cool before shredding.

Meat mixture

  • Prepare your vegetables ahead of time.
    1 yellow onion, 1 large carrot, 8 cloves garlic
  • In a hot pan, add 1 tbsp of oil and cook the ground meat until fully cooked through.
    900 g ground lamb or beef or chucke roast
  • Add diced onions, carrots, and garlic. Cook for another 3 minutes.
    1 yellow onion, 1 large carrot, 8 cloves garlic
  • Add tomato paste and cook another 2 minutes.
    2 tbsp tomato paste
  • Add flour and stir until you can no longer see any more dry flour spots.
    2.5 tbsp flour
  • Add beef broth, worcestershire sauce and rosemary.
    1½ cups beef broth, 1 sprig rosemary, 1.5 tbsp worcestershire sauce
  • Continue cooking for 10-15 minutes until the sauce has thickened and coats the ground beef well. It should look like this:
  • Stir in the frozen peas and season to taste with soy sauce. I added about 1-2 tbsp of soy sauce.
    1 cup frozen peas, 2 tbsp soy sauce

Mashed potatoes

  • Boil a large pot of water and season with a large pinch of salt.
  • Peel and cut your potatoes.
    4 large russet potatoes
  • Add your potatoes into the water and boil until fork tender. (10-15 minutes)
  • Strain the potatoes and mash them.
  • Add butter and heavy cream. continue mixing until combined.
    4 tbsp unsalted butter, ⅓ cup heavy cream
  • Grate in parmesan, garlic and fold in chopped chives.
    2 tbsp parmesan, 2 cloves garlic, chives

Assembly

  • Layer the bottom of a 10x6 inch pan with the ground meat mixture.
  • Layer the mashed potatoes on top and smooth it out.
  • Add a layer of cheese and bake at 400 until the cheese has melted. (about 20 minutes)
    1 cup shredded mozzarella