Shepherd's pie, also known as cottage pie, is a traditional British dish.
Known as cottage pie in 1791, potatoes were used as food for the poor, and the cottage was the home of poor farmers until 1854 when it became known as shepherd's pie.
According to early cookery books, the pie was first used to dispose of leftovers, cooked from a variety of foods left over from the home, and was truly a poor man's food.
The main ingredients are ground meat cooked in gravy or onion sauce and some mashed potatoes.
Sometimes other vegetables are added, such as peas, sweet corn, dry celery, or carrots.
It is also sometimes served with grated cheese.
It does not have a pastry crust like the pies in pastry, but is a flourless pie made with potatoes, meat and vegetables and is served as a main dish.
The shepherd's pie is aromatic, and a few potatoes and the right amount of lamb and vegetables will fill you up beautifully.
Such an unsurprising dish has become, over the years, a down-to-earth, everyday dish that is deeply rooted in the British psyche.
Ingredients
450g minced lamb
7 potatoes
1/2 onion
200g mixed beans
1 small strip of celery diced
1 Italian squash diced
Mushrooms 200g diced.
1 tbsp of minced garlic
2 tbsp butter + 2 tbsp
Flour 2 tbsp
Chicken broth 250g
Tomato sauce 2 tbsp
80g of shredded cheese
Salt and pepper to taste.
Operation
1. Peel and wash 7 potatoes, boil them in a pot, then take them out, crush them into a puree, add 2 tablespoons of butter, add salt and pepper and mix well.
2. Add 2 tablespoons of butter to the frying pan, sauté onion and garlic, then add minced lamb and sauté.
3. Add all the vegetables to the ingredients and stir-fry.
4. Add chicken broth, tomato sauce, and flour, season with salt and pepper, and simmer on low heat for 10 minutes.
5. Put the filling into a glass baking dish and spread the mashed potatoes on the surface.
6. Bake in a preheated 700-degree oven for 15 minutes, then top with shredded cheese and bake for another 10 minutes.
Tips.
1. Add a little milk and egg yolk to the mashed potatoes to make them denser.
2. Vegetables can be added selectively according to your preference
