Shepherds pie does typically have a puff pastry to them.
Although some people make the shepherd's pie without pastry and use mashed potatoes instead.
While some people still make shepherd's pie with pastry the way the Scots did, it's much more common to make it Irish-style using mashed potatoes as the topping.
You can reheat a shepherd's pie.
To reheat a shepherd's pie place the shepherd's pie in a preheated oven for around 20 minutes or so until the shepherd's pie is heated up.
Sometimes it may take only 10 to 15 minutes to heat the shepherd's pie up depending on how warm you like it.
Foods that go well with shepherd's pie include Yorkshire Pudding, mushy peas and baked beans.
You can combine Shepherd's pie with Greek, cabbage, or Caprese salad, olives and cheese, bread such as focaccia, rye, ciabatta, potato, and garlic bread.
Pair it with tomato sauce or gravy.
Shepherd's Pie can be served with beer, red wines and other foods which include.
Glazed Carrots. A popular ingredient to stews and coleslaw, the humble carrot does not strike many as main dish-material.
Condensed Milk Bread. Condensed milk in bread?
Corn Salad.
Mushy Peas.
Baked Beans.
Green Beans.
Beet Salad.
Roasted Brussels Sprouts.
Beer that goes with shepherd's pie are light beers or beers such as Oskar Blues Old Chub or Founders Dirty Bastard.
Wine that goes well with shepherd's pie include any full-bodied, dry red wine like Cabernet, Syrah, Pino Noir, Tempranillo, or Zinfandel.
Shepherd's Pie can be bad for you if you eat too much of it as Shepherd's Pie is pretty high in calories and fat content.
Although in moderation Shepherd's Pie is not bad for you as long as you're eating other healthy foods.
Shepherd's Pie (0.5 pie) contains 42g total carbs, 33g net carbs, 21g fat, 22.8g protein, and 427 calories.
One serving (3.5 oz / 100g) of the shepherd's pie has 140 calories (84 calories from fat), 9.3g total fat (4.2g saturated fat), 30mg cholesterol, 174mg sodium, 174mg sodium, 237mg potassium, 8.4g total carbohydrates (2.1g dietary fiber 0.8g sugars), and 6.9g protein.
Most shepherds pie or traditional shepherd's pie has lamb although some people do use beef to make shepherd's pie with if they don't like lamb or don't have lamb to make the shepherd's pie with.
The way Gordon Ramsay makes shepherd's pie is.
Preheat the oven to 350°F
Heat the oil in a large pan until hot.
Season the ground lamb and fry in the oil over moderate to high heat for 2-3 minutes.
Stir the onions and carrot into the mince then grate the garlic in as well.
Add the Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste and herbs and cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly.
Pour in the red wine and reduce until almost completely evaporated.
Add the chicken stock, bring to the boil and simmer until the sauce has thickened.
Add salt and pepper to taste. Meanwhile, cook the potatoes in boiling salted water until tender.
Drain potatoes and return to the hot pan over low heat to dry out briefly.
Pass them through a potato ricer then beat in the egg yolks, cream and butter, followed by about 2 tbsp grated Parmesan.
Check for seasoning.
Spoon the lamb mixture into the bottom of an ovenproof dish.
Using a large spoon, layer the mashed potato generously on top of the lamb mixture, starting from the outside and working your way into the middle.
Top with remaining Parmesan and season.
Fluff up the mashed potato with a fork to make rough peaks.
Bake in the oven for approximately 20 minutes, until bubbling and golden brown.
Shepherd's pie does not traditionally have cheese on top.
Although some people do make shepherd's pie with cheese on top and it's really just a personal preference as to whether you wan to top the shepherd's pie with cheese.
The difference between cottage pie and shepherd's pie is in the meat that the pie is made with.
Shepherd's pie is most often made with lamb or sheep meat while cottage pie is made using minced beef.
Although sometimes shepherd's pie is made with beef as well but most shepherd's pie is made using lamb or sheep.
The reason shepherd's pie is called shepherd's pie is because it contains lamb and shepherd's look after lamb or sheep.
Although some shepherd's pie is made with beef.
Shepherd's pie, cottage pie, or in its French version hachis Parmentier is a savoury dish of cooked minced meat topped with mashed potato and baked.
The meat used may be either previously cooked or freshly minced.
The usual meats are beef or lamb.
The shepherd's pie is a common and inexpensive British dish originating from the sheep country in Scotland and northern England.
It is a baked meat pie made with minced or diced lamb and topped with a thick layer of mashed potatoes.
Some foods and side dishes you can serve with shepherd's pie include.
Glazed Carrots.
A popular ingredient to stews and coleslaw, the humble carrot does not strike many as main dish-material.
Condensed Milk Bread. Condensed milk in bread.
Corn Salad.
Mushy Peas.
Baked Beans.
Green Beans.
Beet Salad.
Roasted Brussels Sprouts.
You can combine Shepherd's pie with Greek, cabbage, or Caprese salad, olives and cheese, bread such as focaccia, rye, ciabatta, potato, and garlic bread.
Pair it with tomato sauce or gravy.