Shepherds Pie P-lo Style. Great recipe for Shepherds Pie P-lo Style. I make my hamburger meat like this for my tacos had leftover one day and some mashed potatoes and have made it same all the time!. Learn everything there is to know about the original shepherd's pie recipe, plus fun variations on the classic potato-topped lamb casserole..
A really good Shepherd's Pie should always start with a soffrito - that is, onion, garlic, carrots and celery sautéed on a lowish heat until sweet. It's the secret to a great flavour base that's a technique used widely by many cuisines, such as Italian cooking (for example, this Italian Shredded Beef Ragu). After this, we cook the ground / mince meat. You can have Shepherds Pie P-lo Style using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Shepherds Pie P-lo Style
- It's 2-15 ounce of cans of sweet whole kernel corn.
- It's 2-15 ounce of cans of veggie grove French style green beans.
- You need 1 can (15 ounce) of sweet peas.
- Prepare 6-8 of potatoes.
- Prepare 1 lb of shredded cheese (I use Mexican style).
- It's 1/2 of chopped onion.
- Prepare of Cilantro.
- It's of Milk(for mashed potatoes).
- It's of Butter(for mashed potatoes).
- It's of Heavy Whipping cream or half and half cream(for mashed potatoes).
- It's 1 of and a half pound of ground hamburger meat.
Place in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Set over high heat, cover and bring to a boil. The variations like the fig pie tastes just as well and have become a regular on the menu, especially the Sunday menu, in most homes. Personally, I like the fig pie but then "man does not live on fig pie alone" so Shepherd's pie is welcomed from time to time.
Shepherds Pie P-lo Style instructions
- Peel and boil potatoes.
- While potatoes are boiling I add my meat over med high heat with onion and cilantro and seasons (salt pepper garlic) and cook about 15 minutes until all meat is browned and cooked thru then drain grease out of and set meat aside.
- Now potatoes should be about done once tender with fork drain water and add milk, butter, cream, salt pepper and garlic and mash (I have a mashed potato recipe on my page)...do as you would make mashed potatoes.
- Now grab a baking dish and add potatoes for the first layer.
- Then add drained meat on top for next layer.
- Now add cans of vegetables but drain liquid before you add each can then top with salt pepper and garlic.
- Final layer shredded cheese I top with salt and garlic and little more cilantro. And place in oven at 375.
- In about 20-30 minutes later all cheese will be melted and corners starting to brown remove dish and let sit few minutes to cool.
Of course, the extra cheese on top is also a plus 🙂 Shepherd's Pie Recipe Shepherd's Pie recipes are traditionally done with lamb, but are great with any ground meat--turkey and beef being the most popular modern versions. Give this great casserole a try, and watch everyone flock to the table. Traditional Irish Shepherd's Pie would actually call for ground lamb. The difference between Shepherd's Pie and Cottage Pie is the meat. Cottage Pie uses ground beef, while Shepherd's Pie uses ground lamb.