Easy Shepherd's Pie Recipe

One of the quickest and easiest supper dishes has to be a shepherds pie. The pie makes a great family supper and is welcoming on a cold winter night making it perfect comfort food.

Traditionally the pie is made with ground lamb, (lamb ... shepherd) but if using ground beef it would be called a Cottage Pie. The recipe, however, is the same for both. To be even thriftier, why not use up any lamb leftover for your Sunday roast, just finely chop the meat in the food processor or mincer.

To see a video on preparation see this link

http://video.about.com/britishfood/Shepherd-s-Pie.htm

INGREDIENTS

• 900g / 2 lb potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 6 tbsp milk
• 110g butter / 2 oz, cubed + 1 tbsp for the sauce
• Salt and ground black pepper
• 1/2 tbsp lard or dripping
• 115g / 1 cup chopped onion
• 115g / 1 cup finely diced carrot
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 450g / 2 cups ground/ minced lamb
•  600 ml  / 1 pint beef stock
• 115g / 1 cup chopped white mushrooms
• 2 tbsp finely chopped flat leaf parsley
• 1 tbsp plain / all-purpose flour
• 115g 1 cup grated Cheddar Cheese

• Prep Time: 30 minutes
• Cook Time: 40 minutes

• Total Time: 70 minutes
• Yield: Serves 6

PREPARATION

Serves 6 

• Heat the oven to 190°C/375 ° F/ Gas 5
• Boil the potatoes until soft then drain into a colander. Place the milk and butter in the pan used to boil the potatoes, return to the heat and warm gently until the butter has melted. Add the potatoes and mash. Season to taste and keep to one side.
• Melt the lard or dripping in a large deep pan

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• Add the ground lamb and one-third of the beef stock to the onion and carrot mixture and cook, stirring constantly until all the meat is browned. Add the remaining stock, parsley and mushrooms, season with salt and pepper. Cover with a lid and cook for 15 minutes.
• Mash the flour into the remaining 1 tbsp butter then add in small pieces to the ground meat sauce, stirring until all the flour has dissolved and the sauce has thickened slightly, approx 5 mins.
• Place the meat sauce into an 8"X 3"/ 20cm X 7cm deep ceramic or glass ovenproof 
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