SHEPHERD'S PIE

By That Bloody Botak

SHEPHERD'S PIE







 This is one of my most popular dish during the Christmas season, but why just enjoy it then when u can easily make one now? Another thing about shepheard's pie is that if there's no Guinness, it's NOT Shepheard's pie. Come on! An Irish dish without their favourite drink in it?! This dish takes a bit of time to prepare, but if done right, it's really good! Well worth the effort!


Ingredients

250g potatoes, skinned

150g butter

100g cooking cream

1kg minced lamb

2 tablespoons thyme

2 sticks cinnamon

2 tablespoons chopped rosemary

2 tablespoons Lea and Perrins sauce

1 can tomato paste

1 can of Guinness

2 tablespoons flour

1 big onion, roughly cut

4 tablespoons minced garlic

200g mixed vegs

1 egg beaten

salt, pepper and sugar to taste


Method


Heat up a pot and cook the minced lamb till it's half cooked and put it aside. there will be some liquid left in the pot

Now, in that same pot with the liquid, most of it would be lamb fat, sautee all the herbs and spicesm onion and garlic till aromatic

Once that's done, put the lamb back into the pot with the mixed vegs, Lea and Perrins sauce, salt, pepper, tomato puree and Guinness and let it cook till its almost dry. 

Now's the time to do a taste test and add a little sugar if necessary. When that's done, add some flour to thicken the mix

Remove and put it into a pie tray

Boil the potatoes till soft

Mash the potatoes with butter and cream

When that's done, spread it on top of the lamb

Brush some egg on the potato top 

Put it on the top rack of your oven and bake on high heat till the top browns

Remove, garnish it with some parsley and it's ready to serve!


Now u must be wondering why I cooked the lamb first. Minced lamb has a lot of fat added into it. Cooking it renders out that oil, which can be used to cook the aromatics without adding additional oil. I don't like to have my pie swimming in oil at the end of the day.

When I put this on the table during our Christmas dinners its usuallythfirst thing to be gone! Try it! You'll love it!

Enjoy, and stay safe everyone!

These recipes are good for those who want to cook for one or two without going all out but still wanting to enjoy good food. Simple to prepare and tasty food every time!

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