Shepherd's Pie
Shepherd's Pie

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, shepherd's pie. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Shepherd's Pie comes to us from England, and is traditionally made with lamb or mutton. Here in the states we are more of a beef eating culture than a lamb eating one, and when one is served..with the kind of refrigeration we had in our homes, cooked meat could be kept much more safely than raw. Therefore, when housewives bought their Sunday meat they selected pieces large enough to.

Shepherd's Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Shepherd's Pie is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook shepherd's pie using 17 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's Pie:
  1. Prepare 1 tbsp reduced calorie margarine
  2. Make ready 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  3. Take 1 cup low sodium chicken broth
  4. Prepare 1 tsp reduced sodium soy sauce
  5. Make ready 2 cup cubed, cooked chicken breast
  6. Take 2 carrots, sliced and blanched
  7. Prepare 1 cup chopped, cleaned spinach leaves
  8. Get 6 chopped scallions
  9. Get 1/2 cup thawed frozen corn kernels
  10. Prepare 1/2 cup evaporated skimmed milk
  11. Make ready 1 tsp dried thyme leaves, crumbled
  12. Prepare 1/2 tsp ground marjoram
  13. Take 3 medium russet potatoes, cooked, peeled, and mashed
  14. Get 1 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
  15. Prepare 1/4 tsp paprika
  16. Take 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
  17. Take 1/4 cup water

Plunge your spoon into a shepherd's pie with creamy mash and flavourful lamb mince. We've got traditional recipes, plus spiced and vegetarian alternatives. This easy Shepherd's Pie recipe is filled with lots of veggies and tender ground beef (or lamb), simmered together in the most delicious sauce, and topped with the creamiest mashed potatoes. Shepherd's pie is a classic comfort food recipe that's healthy, hearty and filling.

Steps to make Shepherd's Pie:
  1. In a medium nonstick saucepan, melt the margarine. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the flour; cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes. Whisk in the broth, soy sauce and 1/4 cup water; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring constantly, until thickened, 3-4 minutes. Preheat the oven to 400°F; spray a 2 quart casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the chicken and the remaining tablespoon of flour. Stir in the carrots, spinach, scallions, corn, milk, thyme, marjoram and the sauce. Transfer to the casserole dish. Top with potatoes, spreading to cover the filling completely; sprinkle with the cheese and paprika. Bake until bubbling and the potatoes are golden, 30-35 minutes.

The bottom layer is a simple a mix of ground lamb and vegetables, simmered into a delicious savory sauce. Try the classic shepherd's pie recipe or mix it up with a veggie shepherd's pie with lentils, or add parsnips to your mash like Nigel Slater. Add some grated hidden veggies to help the kids eat healthily. Shepherd's pie is traditionally made with a ground-lamb filling, but we make ours with ground beef. The sauce is really simple and flavorful, but the best part is the insanely fluffy mashed potato topping.

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