# Shepherd's Pie

Shepherd's Pie is the peak of British comfort food, a hearty dish perfect for a cold winter evening.

- Total time: 90 min
- Cuisine: British
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 tablespoon oil or dripping
- 750 g lamb mince
- 1 large onion
- 2 carrots
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon chopped thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon chopped rosemary leaves
- 1 can stout
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 100 g frozen peas
- salt
- 1 kg floury potatoes
- 75 g butter
- 100 ml warm milk
- 0.5 small onion
- chives

## Instructions

1. Pierce some potatoes, cover them in oil, and bake them in the oven for just over an hour.
2. Fry off lamb mince until really brown and caramelized.
3. Add chopped onion, carrots, rosemary, thyme, and a little garlic to the lamb mince.
4. Stir in tomato paste.
5. Pour in a can of stout and bubble away until it reaches a thick ragu consistency.
6. Add frozen peas to the ragu and set aside.
7. Half the baked potatoes, scoop out the soft potato flesh.
8. Pass the potato flesh through a ricer into a bowl.
9. Add butter and milk to the riced potato and mix to create a smooth mash.
10. Get the ragu into a baking dish.
11. Scatter a few more chopped onions over the ragu.
12. Spoon or pipe the mashed potatoes on top of the ragu, creating ridges with a fork.
13. Bake the shepherd's pie in the oven until golden.

## Equipment

- knife
- baking sheet
- oven
- pan
- wooden spoon
- potato ricer
- bowl
- baking dish
- fork

## Tips

- Adding a few chopped onions just before putting the potatoes on top of the pie adds zest to the whole thing.
- Really brown off the lamb mince until it's caramelized and dark at the edges for more flavor.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ1GrqUCGy4/?igsh=MWU3ZnMzNDdnYndmcg==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/dffeebe1-1af2-436a-b70e-8f2db5e37597
- Extracted: 2025-11-17

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