# Shepherd's Pie

A classic Shepherd's pie recipe with a flavorful meat and vegetable filling topped with creamy mashed potatoes and baked to perfection.

- Servings: 6 servings
- Total time: 21 min
- Cuisine: British
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 500 g ground beef
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1 onion
- 1 carrot
- 1 stalk celery
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 handful thyme
- 1 handful rosemary
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 tbsp paprika
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 100 ml red wine
- 150 ml beef broth
- 1 kg potatoes
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 200 ml cream
- 1 sprig thyme
- 50 g butter
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 egg yolks
- 50 g parmesan cheese
- 1 handful chives

## Instructions

1. Brown the ground beef in a pot, season with salt and pepper. Mash it using a meat masher and cook until browned.
2. Finely chop the onion, carrot, and celery.
3. In the same pot add olive oil, and then add the chopped vegetables, salt and pepper and sauté.
4. Add thyme, rosemary, and garlic.
5. Add bay leaves and cinnamon stick.
6. Add paprika and stir.
7. Add tomato paste and mix.
8. Add red wine and let it reduce.
9. Add the cooked ground beef and stir.
10. Add beef broth and simmer for approximately 15-20 minutes.
11. While the meat is cooking, prepare the mashed potatoes: boil the potatoes until tender.
12. Once cooked, mash them with cream, thyme, butter, salt and pepper.
13. Add the egg yolks and mix well.
14. Remove the bay leaves and cinnamon stick from the meat sauce. Add the peas.
15. Spread half of the mashed potatoes in a baking dish.
16. Add the meat and vegetable mixture on top of the mashed potatoes. Spread the rest of the mashed potatoes over the meat mixture.
17. Sprinkle parmesan cheese, and bake at 250°C until golden brown.
18. Garnish with chopped chives.

## Equipment

- knife
- wooden spoon
- meat masher
- oven
- pot
- bowl
- potato ricer

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHJDVMTNIkn/?igsh=MWVpMnA3Y255anl4bw==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/38bdf2cd-8294-450c-ba89-82ada1400057
- Extracted: 2025-04-20

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