30 Minute Shepherd's Pie

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (5)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(5)

Cook Time:
25 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 25 min
Total:: 40 min

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Ingredients

2 pounds potatoes, such as russet, peeled and cubed
2 tablespoons sour cream or softened cream cheese
1 large egg yolk
1/2 cup cream, for a lighter version substitute vegetable or chicken broth
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan
1 3/4 pounds ground beef or ground lamb
1 carrot, peeled and chopped
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup beef stock or broth
2 teaspoons Worcestershire, eyeball it
1/2 cup frozen peas, a couple of handfuls
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves

Directions

Boil potatoes in salted water until tender, about 12 minutes. Drain potatoes and pour them into a bowl. Combine sour cream, egg yolk and cream. Add the cream mixture into potatoes and mash until potatoes are almost smooth.

While potatoes boil, preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil to hot pan with beef or lamb. Season meat with salt and pepper. Brown and crumble meat for 3 or 4 minutes. If you are using lamb and the pan is fatty, spoon away some of the drippings. Add chopped carrot and onion to the meat. Cook veggies with meat 5 minutes, stirring frequently. In a second small skillet over medium heat cook butter and flour together 2 minutes. Whisk in broth and Worcestershire sauce. Thicken gravy 1 minute. Add gravy to meat and vegetables. Stir in peas.

Preheat broiler to high. Fill a small rectangular casserole with meat and vegetable mixture. Spoon potatoes over meat evenly. Top potatoes with paprika and broil 6 to 8 inches from the heat until potatoes are evenly browned. Top casserole dish with chopped parsley and serve.

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recipe 30 Minute Shepherd's Pie
judy skillman, NJ 11-05-2009
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still baking but all the parts taste great alone
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Made alot of changes due to using what i got system - no worcestershire or egg, little cajun spice to meat, garlic and onion... mixture, along with carrots, (didnt have peas), corn, string beans, celery, - then made a mistake by not mashing the potatos alone before adding sour cream, butter, cream, milk and broth - so they lumped up. i was getting too tired so i threw everything in together in the mixer -worked the lumps out best i could but maybe the texture will add something - ya never know, do ya?! thanks for this recipe Rachael... it was fun to make -off to try it., ta da...Read more
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patience oak harbor, WA 10-01-2009
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Disappointed
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

Maybe my expectations were set to high but after seeing what a high rating this had I thought it would be better than what it... was. =( Don't get me wrong, it wasn't bad, butI will probably hunt out a new recipe for Shephard's Pie if I decide to give it another go.Read more
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Susan Lake in the Hills, IL 04-05-2009
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Great dinner even for the kids.
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

We tried this recipe for St. Patrick's Day and the whole family loved it. We will be making this regularly.
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KATHY st. louis, MO 03-17-2009
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Perfect quick recipe for an on-the-go family.
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This was great! All 3 kids and the hubby ate it without any kind of complaint....although if you smother anything in mashed... potatoes, I think my kids will eat it! I did think it needed more salt. I added some garlic salt to the meat mixture and only had chicken broth on hand, no beef--couldn't tell the difference. This will definitely be a quick and easy go-to meal. Read more
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Susan Federal Way, WA 03-01-2009
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Meet the Chicken Rancher's Pie (aka Chicken Shepherd's Pie)
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Thanks for the recipe, Rachel! This was awesome and my picky, anti-veggie, bland-food-loving family loved it! I ended up... making a few substitutions to the recipe, due to the fact that I had different ingredients on hand. Here are the changes: ---chicken (instead of beef-- I had a bag of those monster sized chicken breasts from Costco) --- Yukon Gold Potatoes (instead of Russet potatoes -- I think Yukons are sweeter) --- Chicken broth (matches with the chicken) --- I omitted the worcestershire. Then I baked the pie in my glass-top oven for 20 minutes at 400 degrees. Read more