Shepherd's Pie
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Shepherd's Pie
 The British dish of minced lamb under mashed potato. It freezes well. Heat in a medium saucepan: 1 tbsp sunflower oil Then soften for a few mins: 1 large onion chopped 2-3 medium carrots chopped When soft, turn up the heat. Crumble in and brown, tipping off any excess fat: 500g pack lamb mince Add, then fry for a few mins: 2 tbsp tomato purée large splash Worcestershire sauce Pour over: 500ml beef stock Bring to a simmer, then cover and cook for 40 mins, uncovering halfway. heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4, then make the mash. Boil in salted water for 10-15 mins until tender: 900g potatoes cut into chunks Drain, then mash with: 85g butter 3 tbsp milk Put the mince into an ovenproof dish, top with the mash and ruffle with a fork. The pie can now be chilled and frozen for up to a month. Bake for 20-25 mins. Cook until the top is starting to colour and the mince is bubbling through at the edges. (To bake from frozen, cook at 160C/fan 140C/gas 3 for 1 hr-1 hr 20 mins. Cook until piping hot in the centre. Flash under the grill to brown, if desired.) Leave to stand for 5 mins before serving. |
Shepherd's Pie crumb: minced lamb in gravy under mashed potato Joy of Cooking includes “Shepherd's Pie”. Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker wrote it (1997 All New edition). This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions. Differences: Popular internet shepherd's pie cooks minced lamb with onion, carrot, tomato purée, Worcestershire and stock. It tops it with buttery mash and bakes it. The ancestor is Joy's shepherd's pie of minced lamb in gravy under mashed potatoes. It is the same dish. The seasonings and amounts vary. |
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Popular internet shepherd's pie cooks minced lamb with onion, carrot, tomato purée, Worcestershire and stock. It tops it with buttery mash and bakes it. The ancestor is Joy's shepherd's pie of minced lamb in gravy under mashed potatoes. It is the same dish. The seasonings and amounts vary.
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Joy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer (1931).
This book is the big American home cookbook. It covers baking, roasting, canning and everyday family meals across a century of editions. This site cites three editions. One is the classic 1975 Rombauer–Becker text (Plume 1997 printing). The others are the 1997 All New edition and the 2006 75th-anniversary edition. Each dish names its edition.