Mummy Boome's Traditional Shepherds Pie

Danny Boome, Ltd 2008

Show: Rescue ChefEpisode: Weeknight Family Meal

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Cook Time:
1 hr 10 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 servings

Times:

Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 10 min
Total:: 1 hr 35 min

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, diced
2 carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 pounds lean ground beef or lamb
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup beef stock
1 1/2 cups garden peas
Cheesy Mashed Potatoes, recipe follows

Directions

Preheat oven at 400 degrees F.

Add butter and oil to a large skillet on medium heat. Saute onions, carrots, celery and garlic until tender for about 7 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Once the vegetables have softened and start to brown a little add the tomato paste and mix evenly. Add the ground beef and cook until beef is no longer pink about 10 minutes. Add the Worcestershire sauce and beef stock. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook and simmer for another 10 minutes. Mix in peas. Transfer mixture to an oven-proof baking dish and spread evenly. Place potato on top of ground beef mixture and spread out evenly, once the top surface has been covered, rake through with a fork so that there are peaks that will brown nicely. Place the dish into the preheated oven and cook until browned about 20 minutes. Spoon out the shepherd's pie and serve.

Mashed Potatoes
4 pounds Yukon gold potatoes, peeled, quartered
4 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 cup grated mature white Cheddar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Fill a large saucepan with cold water and a tablespoon of salt. Add potatoes to the water and bring to a boil. Let potatoes cook until soft about 20 minutes. Once the potatoes are at a desired density, drain the potatoes and place them back into the saucepan for mashing. Add butter and cream and begin to mash potatoes into a semi smooth consistency. Once at desired texture add cheese and mix well. Season with salt and pepper.

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recipe Mummy Boome's Traditional Shepherds Pie
Candace San Ramon, CA 11-19-2009
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Easy & Delicious Crowd Pleaser!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have a very picky brother-in-law who was very upset to find out I was making Shepard's Pie for our get-together. However,... after eating it, he surprisingly requests that I make it more often!! Although it's quite easy to make, it is marginally time intensive...I would say it takes the average at-home cook about an hour+ from start to finish. I do chop everything myself so when I get my new food processor I'll let you know if that decreases the time. Worth all the effort though! Seriously, this is my go-to recipe!!! I don't follow it exactly...I tend to add a bit more tomato paste than it calls for and I use russet potatoes as opposed to yukon gold because I think it lends a better cohesive flavor to the dish. I also generally average one and half to two potatoes (depending on size) per person that will be eating as opposed to the recommended amount and I do one and a half to two times the recommended carrots (depending on size). That's what's so great about this recipe - it definitely lends itself for adding or amending as you wish. You really can't go wrong though - I've made this for multiple occasions now and every time get requests for the recipe and rave reviews! This is a must make!!!Read more
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Susan Brookfield, WI 11-18-2009
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Crowd Pleaser!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

It was delicious! A crowd pleaser! Everyone loved it. The only critique we would have would be less potatoes. We could have... done without half. That would lower the cost and the fat.Read more
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Eleanor Tampa, FL 11-04-2009
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Delicious
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is a great recipe, it was delicious. I have to admit, like many other people have mentioned, I did add more flavouring... but this is a personal preference. I'd also like to point out that to be a genuine Shepherds Pie, only lamb can be used, hence the word 'Shepherds', otherwise it would be a variety of Cottage Pie. Read more
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Melinda San Marcos, CA 10-18-2009
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Traditionally Delicious!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My husband is from England, and I have been searching for a Shepherds Pie recipie that taste's like home! This one is by far... "The Winner"! I have made it for my family, my husband's grandma & my father-in-law and they all approve! In fact they are excited when I say I'm making Shepherds Pie for dinner. I omit the celery and I add a little more worcestershire and another tablespoon of tomato paste, I also make just regular good old fashioned mashed potatoes. It turns out "Fantastic" every time! Thanks Danny!Read more
recipe Mummy Boome's Traditional Shepherds Pie
Kate Washington, DC 10-15-2009
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Good but calls for too much mashed potato
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I like this recipe but found it needed a bit of tweaking. Since I browned the meat separately and drained off the fat, I... found the meat mixture tended to fall apart and crumble, even as leftovers. So I would think about mixing in a bit of flour and perhaps a beaten egg just before spooning it into the baking dish. I would also increase the worcestershire sauce and tomato paste to 3 tablespoons each, and add a bit of grated nutmeg. I know this dish is supposed to be fairly bland but I think it could use a bit more flavoring and not lose its comfort food factor. The mashed potatoes were too abundant and too heavy. The recipe came out with the heavy layer of potatoes really dominating and out of proportion to the meat -- not surprising when you start with 4 lbs of potatoes to 2 lbs meat.. I would therefore reduce the amount of potatoes almost by half, to 2-1/2 pounds of potatoes, and change the amount of cream (I used milk) to 1/4 cup or even more to get the mixture fluffy. Read more
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Laura St. Charles, IL 10-13-2009
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Very Simple and Good.
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I use already prepared mashed potatoes. The secong time I made it I added shredded cheddar cheese with regular potatoes and... it came out very greasy. Read more