# Shepherds Pie

A classic and comforting Shepherds Pie recipe, inspired by Gordon Ramsay, featuring a rich lamb and vegetable filling topped with fluffy mashed potatoes.

- Cuisine: British
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Olive oil
- Ground lamb
- Salt
- Black pepper
- 1 Onion
- Carrot
- Celery
- Garlic
- Tomato paste
- Fresh rosemary
- Red wine
- Bay leaves
- Frozen peas
- Potatoes
- Butter
- Shredded cheese
- Egg yolks
- Fresh chives

## Instructions

1. Add olive oil to a pan and heat it.
2. Add ground lamb to the hot pan.
3. Season the lamb with salt and pepper.
4. Break up and brown the ground lamb using a potato masher.
5. Drain excess fat from the cooked lamb.
6. Dice the onion.
7. Dice the carrot.
8. Dice the celery.
9. Add the diced onion, carrot, and celery to the lamb in the pan.
10. Mince garlic into the pan.
11. Add tomato paste to the mixture.
12. Strip the leaves from fresh rosemary sprigs.
13. Chop the rosemary.
14. Add the chopped rosemary to the pan.
15. Pour red wine into the pan.
16. Add bay leaves to the mixture.
17. Stir everything together and let it simmer.
18. Add frozen peas to the meat mixture.
19. Transfer the meat and vegetable mixture to a baking dish.
20. Peel the potatoes.
21. Cut the peeled potatoes into large chunks.
22. Boil the potato chunks in water until tender.
23. Drain the cooked potatoes into a colander.
24. Transfer the drained potatoes to a mixing bowl.
25. Season the potatoes with salt and pepper.
26. Add butter to the potatoes.
27. Add shredded cheese to the potatoes.
28. Mash the potatoes until smooth.
29. Add egg yolks to the mashed potatoes.
30. Mix the egg yolks into the mashed potatoes.
31. Spoon the mashed potatoes over the meat mixture in the baking dish.
32. Spread the mashed potatoes evenly over the meat layer.
33. Create ridges on the potato topping with a fork.
34. Sprinkle shredded cheese over the potato topping.
35. Bake the shepherd's pie in the oven until golden brown.
36. Finely chop fresh chives.
37. Garnish the baked shepherd's pie with chopped chives.
38. Serve and enjoy.

## Equipment

- Skillet
- Tongs
- Potato masher
- Cutting board
- Knife
- Potato peeler
- Pot
- Colander
- Mixing bowl
- Baking dish
- Fork
- Oven

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@notorious_foodie/video/7119165836325047557
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/bf85b5d3-f637-4116-93b0-456f34a50170
- Extracted: 2025-06-20

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