How to Make Appetizing Cottage Pie ( also known as Shepard's Pie)

Cottage Pie ( also known as Shepard's Pie). Cottage Pie ( also known as Shepard's Pie) This recipe is labelled as a cottage pie but in North America it is called a Shepard's Pie. The difference is cottage pie is made with beef and shepard pie with ground lamb. Shepherd's pie, cottage pie, or hachis Parmentier is a ground meat pie with a crust or topping of mashed potato of English origin.

Cottage pie is actually older than shepherd's pie. Potatoes were affordable ingredients that were often used by the peasants, who lived in cottages. So, "cottage pie" was an easy to make, affordable dish. You can cook Cottage Pie ( also known as Shepard's Pie) using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cottage Pie ( also known as Shepard's Pie)

1. It's 1 lb of ground beef..
2. It's 1/2 cup of frozen peas.
3. You need 1/4 cup of chopped carrots.
4. You need 1 of onion (med) chopped.
5. It's 1 of glove of garlic chopped.
6. You need 2 tbsp of worcestershire sauce.
7. You need 4 medium of potatoes peeled and chopped.
8. Prepare 1 tbsp of green onions chopped.
9. Prepare 1 tbsp of cream cheese (can add another tbsp).
10. It's 1 tbsp of milk (can add another tbsp).
11. Prepare 2 tbsp of butter.
12. You need 1 tbsp of olive oil.

Shepards pie (also known as Shepherd's pie or Cottage Pie) is a meat pie with a crust or topping of mashed potato. In early cookery books, the dish was a means of using leftover roasted meat of any kind, and the pie dish was lined on the sides and bottom with mashed potato, as well as having a mashed potato crust on top. Shepherd's Pie, also known as Cottage Pie, is a traditional casserole-like dish originating in England. The mashed potato topping, vegetables, gravy, and meat make it a filling, and savory meal.

Cottage Pie ( also known as Shepard's Pie) instructions

1. Boil potatoes in salted water until tender. Approximately 15 min..
2. Meanwhile sautee chopped onion, carrots and garlic with the olive oil in a frying pan for 5 min. You can add other veg such as mushrooms and celery..
3. Add your ground beef and saute for 10 min until no longer pink. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and the worchester sauce and cook for 5 minutes more. Add the frozen peas and cook for 2-3 min..
4. Add the butter and mash the potatoes. Add milk, chopped green onion and cream cheese. Use a spoon to mix together. Season with salt & pepper to taste..
5. Add meat to a baking dish and cover with mashed potatoes. You can add if you like grated cheese on top of the potatoes..
6. Cook @ 400°F in preheated oven for 30 min or until crisp on top..

You don't even have to worry about making lots of side dishes because it's plenty filling all by itself. It's super cheap to make, freezable, gluten free, and it's great for beginner cooks. This version is made with ground beef and has no gravy, but if you're feeling fancy, you can easily use lamb and/or make a gravy base for it. I had a hard time naming this Cottage Pie because I think a lot of Americans will more likely know it as Shepherd's Pie. However, technically when made with beef it is a Cottage Pie, while Shepherd's Pie is made with lamb.

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