Shepherds Pie formula - Ground Beef Shepherds Pie formula

A hearty meal of shepherds pie will give you that warm glow while the colder months. This recipe features ground beef, potatoes, cheese and mushroom soup.

5 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped

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1 pound ground beef

6 slices American cheese

1 (10.75oz.) can condensed golden mushroom soup

3 teaspoons butter (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Place the potatoes into a large saucepan and add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until tender. Drain and mash.

While the potatoes are cooking, crumble the ground beef into a large skillet over medium high heat. Cook and stir until evenly browned. Drain off the grease. Stir in the mushroom soup.

Transfer combination to an 8-inch square baking dish. Layer the slices of cheese over the meat. Spread mashed potatoes evenly over the top. Dot with butter.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.

=> Shepards Pie Recipe: Down Home Shepherds Pie

Another homemade version of shepards pie featuring ground beef, potatoes, corn, beans, cheese and gravy.

1 (7.6 oz.) package potato flakes

2 pounds lean ground beef

1 onion, finely diced

1 (15 oz.) can whole kernel corn, drained

1 (15 oz.) can green beans, drained

4 (10.5 oz.) cans brown gravy

Salt and pepper to taste

1/4 pound American cheese slices

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Prepare potatoes agreeing to directions on box. Set aside.

In a large skillet, sauté ground beef over medium heat for 1 minute. Add onion to skillet and continue to cook until beef is no longer pink and onion is beginning to brown. Drain off some of the grease.

Add corn, green beans and gravy to the skillet. Mix thoroughly. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour combination into a 9x13-inch baking dish. Spread potatoes over the top. Layer cheese slices over potatoes.

Bake for 40 minutes, or until cheese turns golden brown.

=> Sheppards Pie Recipe: Chicken Sheppards Pie

This sheppards pie recipe features chicken, potatoes, garlic, cheese and spices.

8 potatoes

1/4 cup butter

2/3 cup milk

1 medium head roasted garlic

1 pound chicken breast, cooked and shredded

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 tablespoon thyme, chopped

1 tablespoon rosemary, chopped

1/2 cup red bell pepper, diced

1 cup corn

1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Cut the head of garlic in half and drizzle with olive oil. Wrap garlic in aluminum foil and bake for 45 minutes.

Reduce oven climatic characteristic to 350 degrees.

Peel, chop and boil the potatoes until tender; drain. Mash potatoes. Add butter, milk and the roasted garlic; mix well. Set aside.

In the lowest of a casserole dish, arrange the chicken evenly on the bottom. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, thyme and rosemary. Layer on the peppers, corn and all but 1/4 cup of the cheese. Spread mashed potatoes on top.

Sprinkle remaining cheese on top.

Bake for 25 minutes, or until brown colse to the edges.

=> Shepherds Pie Recipe: Easy Shepherds Pie Recipe

If you like shepherds pie, but don't have time to fuss over a longer recipe, you can whip up this version in a short time. It's still homemade and will hit the spot perfectly.

1 pound roast beef, cooked and cubed

2 onions, sliced thinly

1/2 cup homemade beef gravy

4 cups mashed potatoes, cooked

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Layer the roast beef in the lowest of a 2-quart casserole dish. Layer the sliced onions on top and pour on the gravy. Spread the mashed potatoes on top.

Bake for 1 hour, or until potatoes are browned.

=> Shepherds Pie Recipe: Turkey Shepherds Pie

This version of shepherds pie will take a limited bit more effort, but you'll be rewarded with a savory pie featuring turkey, red potatoes, zucchini, green beans, mushrooms, cheese, spices and a whole wheat crust.

5 large red potatoes, peeled

3 tablespoons butter

1/4 cup milk

2 (9-inch) whole wheat pie crusts

1 tablespoon olive oil

1/2 cup diced onion

1 pound ground turkey

1 large carrot, julienned

1 zucchini, thickly sliced

1/4 cup canned green beans, halved

6 large fresh mushrooms, quartered

2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped

1/4 teaspoon dried thyme

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

Salt and pepper

2 tablespoons butter, diced

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Boil potatoes until tender. Mash with 3 tablespoons of butter or margarine and milk. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.

Saute onion and carrots in olive oil until soft. Stir in the ground turkey, parsley, thyme and garlic. Once turkey is roughly browned and broken up, add zucchini and mushrooms. Salt and pepper to taste; drain. Stir in the flour.

Divide meat combination into two whole wheat pie crusts. Sprinkle cheese over meat, if desired. Spread green beans over the cheese. Spread mashed potatoes evenly
over mixture. Dot with butter.

Bake for 30 minutes, or until potatoes are slightly browned.

=> Sheperds Pie Recipe: Savory Sausage Sheperds Pie

A real hearty sheperds pie meal for sausage lovers.

1 pound sausage, uncooked

1 (12 oz.) jar beef gravy

1 (10 oz.) package frozen mixed vegetables

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1 (24 oz.) package ready mashed potatoes

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a skillet, crumble and cook the sausage over medium high heat until brown. Drain on paper towels.

In a bowl, combine the sausage, gravy, vegetables and Worcestershire sauce.

Pour combination into a greased 2-quart casserole dish. Spoon the mashed potatoes evenly on top. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes.

Shepherds Pie formula - Ground Beef Shepherds Pie formula

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Shepherds Pie - What is the Authentic Dish and How do You Make It?

When my brother-in-law and sister-in-law are in town, my husband and I like to go out to dinner with them. We decided to go to a local golf club for comfort food night. My sister-in-law ordered Shepherds Pie, an historic dish made with lamb, vegetables, and mashed potatoes.

But this main course did not resemble the historic recipe; it had been Americanized. "What does it taste like?" I asked.

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"It's meat loaf with mashed potatoes on top," my sister-in-law replied. "This is good, but it's not Shepherds Pie." Her comment made me curious about the history of the meal. I knew that Shepherds Pie is not a pie at all, but a meat casserole, or hot dish, as we say in my home state of Minnesota.

According to the Cooks.Com website, Shepherds Pie is a British dish made with lamb. Its cousin, Cottage Pie, is made with beef. Contrary to what some believe, neither one contains cheese. "If you see cheese anywhere near a recipe for either," the website says, "put it down to the USA's obsession to add cheese to anything that moves... "

Mark R. Vogel gives a brief history of the dish in his Food Reference website article, "The Good Shepherd." Vogel says the recipe originated in the "heart of the Scottish countryside," which is lamb country, and is a traditional way to use up leftovers. He thinks the recipe goes back to the 1870s. Though vegetables are added today, the original dish was meat, gravy, and potatoes.

Vogel uses ground lamb for his recipe and adds onions, carrots, and celery. He tells how to make homemade gravy with beef broth and mashed potatoes with heavy cream. Now that's comfort food!

Paul Merrett's recipe for the classic dish is posted on the BBC website. His recipe calls for garlic, fresh rosemary, parsnips, peas and chopped tomatoes, and is more of a modern pot pie. Some websites say the recipe is British and others say it is Scottish. In my search for information about the historic dish I came across a recipe for Ratatouille Shepherds Pie, which is about as far from a meat pie as you can get.

I make Shepherds Pie the old fashioned way. My rendition is based on a recipe in "The Fannie Farmer Cookbook: A Heritage of Good Cooking for a New Generation of Cooks." Like so many dishes that are based on leftovers, there are no precise measurements. To start with, I have about three cups of cubed lamb. If I am short on gravy, I saute some meat in a cast iron skillet, remove them, and make more gravy from the juices and meat bits in the pan.

I put the gravy, meat and a box of defrosted carrots and peas into a casserole dish and top the mixture with mashed potatoes. You may make mashed potatoes from scratch or use dehydrated ones. Bake the casserole in a 375 degree oven for 35-40 minutes. Shepherds Pie -- comfort food at its best -- has withstood the test of time and new versions will certainly appear.

Copyright 2010 by Harriet Hodgson.

Shepherds Pie - What is the Authentic Dish and How do You Make It?

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