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Shepherd's Pie

Name: Shepherd's Pie
Total time: 70 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 500g Ground mutton; 800g Potato; 1 Onion; 1 Carrot; 80g Green peas; 1 tbsp Tomato paste; 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 1 Beef Bouillon; 1 tbsp All-purpose flour; 40g Butter; 100ml Milk; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper

Main Dish

⏱ 70 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Minced lamb and vegetables topped with mashed potato and baked — a British home-cooking classic.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Shepherd's pie properly uses minced lamb (made with beef, it's called cottage pie). It spread from around the 18th century as a home dish that used up leftover meat without waste. The classic method layers smooth mashed potato over meat deepened with Worcestershire sauce, then scores it with a fork and bakes until browned.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a rainy weekday evening, a golden pie comes out of the kitchen oven and the children jostle to serve themselves with a big spoon.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Ground mutton 500g
Potato 800g
Onion 1
Carrot 1
Green peas 80g
Tomato paste 1 tbsp
Worcestershire sauce 2 tbsp
Beef Bouillon 1
All-purpose flour 1 tbsp
Butter 40g
Milk 100ml
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Boil and mash the potatoes, then mix in 30g butter, warm milk, and a pinch of salt to make mashed potato.
Sauté the finely chopped onion and carrot in a frying pan, add the minced lamb, and cook until it changes color.
Sprinkle in the flour, add the tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, beef bouillon, and 200ml water, and simmer 15 minutes.
Add the green peas and season with salt and pepper.
Spread the meat in an ovenproof dish, top with the mashed potato, score with a fork, and dot with the remaining butter.
Bake at 200°C for 20–25 minutes until golden on top.

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