Shepherd's Pie

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Good flavor, but, Do yourself a favor. Brown your meat separate from the onion mixture and put with the cooked bacon for later incorporation.Put the carrots in at the same time as the onion, they caramelize nicely together. I had to add more flour and tomato paste to thicken.

As far as it being better the next day, lol, yeah, like it lasted that long before it was gone!! Love the beer, rosemary and garlic flavor profile!

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It smells good and I am sure it will taste great as well (to be posted! My only complaint is that there are too many steps and it seems like I am overcooking this beef. I wanted to try something different from my traditional recipe but I don't want to spend this much time on a simple comfort food like shepherd's pie. //// Update. I thought the recipe was tasty but very soupy. I don't think I would make this again. Sorry!

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By far the favorite of the family. I too was a little nervous about the amount of garlic. It was PERFECT!!! The next time I make it I am going to add more carrots and peas. I want to have some in every bite. But that's just me. Great recipe!!!

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I've read a few complaints about the amount of garlic, and I thought it was perfect. After boiling the garlic down and combining with the beef stock, it was just right.

This dish was served in quadruple batch at a St. Patrick's day dinner along side corned beef and cabbage and a bread pudding. All 22 guests loved Shepherd's Pie and esp the potato topping.

I will make this dish again!

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it came out great...the only thing i changed from the recipe was i dropped the number of garlic colves...i only put three of four instead of ten...but i will say that the pie came out great. it was tasty and everyone loved it. and although there are a lot of steps, they are easy and its very easy to make. make this and enjoy...and everything that you need to make this is things you more than likely have in your pantry.

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Absolutely delicious! Made it for the first time for my family last night and a huge hit! The only thing I would do differently is less Rosemary.

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Very tasty! Pictures of my recipe on my blog (jessica-thebookcook dot com. I was out of sugar (crazy I know so I used brown sugar to caramelize the onions. I used a Yuenling light for the beer, and I used a mix of grated swiss and parmesan for the topping. I put my in individual ramakins, which was very cute! I added a little extra flour so it would thicken up quicker. I did take a shortcut on the potatoes and used the Simply Potatoes pre-made mashed potatoes and added a little sour cream and garlic to them. For the carrots, I used pre-cut carrot sticks and then easily cut into cubes. I garnished with a mix of parsley and rosemary. Very tasty!

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Pretty good Cottage Pie. I made two versions, one vegetarian and one meat. The vegetarian was simple to substitute ingredients. Just use vegetable broth instead of beef, skip the bacon, and cook up meatless crumbles. The frozen Boca ones work well. Few things I changed second time around. First, the beer actually seems to stifle the meat and vegatable flavors, so I used only 6 oz. I used Sam Adams Boston Lager, but a lighter beer might not have the same effect. Second, after adding the broth, and even with less beer, it still took way too long to cook down. So I added only 1/3 cup of the broth to the filling. Third, a little cayenne pepper (1-2 tsp added with the tomato paste helps if you prefer a little bite.

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Worth the time put into making this dish

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We substituted beef broth for the beer. We used chopped turkey breast instead of chopped meat. We made our own mashed potatoes, however we did add cream cheese, but no garlic cloves. Rosemary is too strong for our tastes, so we used thyme instead. We followed everything else in this recipe. It came out so delicious, I can't wait to make it again. It's very easy to follow.