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Shepherd's Pie
Savory meat filling topped with mashed potatoes
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Ingredients
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Instructions
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- Boil potatoes until tender. Mash with 4 tbsp butter and cream. Season.
- Brown beef, breaking into pieces. Drain, transfer out.
- Cook vegetables in remaining butter until soft, .
- Add garlic and tomato paste, cook .
- Return beef. Add broth, peas, Worcestershire, thyme. Simmer . Season.
- Transfer the filling to a 9x13 dish (or leave it in an oven-safe skillet). Spread mashed potatoes over the filling and rough up the surface with a fork.
- Broil until golden, .
Notes
- Made with beef this is technically cottage pie; use ground lamb for a traditional shepherd's pie.
- Roughing up potatoes creates crispy peaks.
Adapted from Serious Eats · original