Monday 1 November 2010

How to Make Shepard's Pie















Heyy peeps!
I thought I'd share a classic English Recipe with you. Its one of the few British dishes I love because you can spice up the mince and make it your own.
Did you know that the difference between Shepard's Pie and Cottage Pie is that Shepard's pie is always made with Lamb mince and Cottage Pie is always made with beef mince?

I bet I just impacted knowledge on you all for the day? ;-)


It does take time to make, as it is essentially two dishes in one, so its more of a Sunday dinner. It took me about two hours to prepare! But this was because I was doing one thing at a time! I suggest you boil the potatoes first before you start making the mince!

It is very simple though,

1) Boil your potatoes with salt, and then make creamy mash with butter, milk, and black pepper.

2)Fry the mince with onions, garlic, spices, tomato puree and tinned tomatoes until it is completely ready to eat. You can also add carrots or any vegetables you may like.

3)Place the mince at the bottom of an oven dish and then smoothly pile on the mash. Pierce with a fork.

4)Bake in the oven at 200c for about 20minutes or until brown at the top. Sprinkle with cheese if desired.






I hope you guys try it and let me know how it turns out.

Enjoy
xxx
Miss B

25 comments:

  1. thank you for the recipe.
    pls give us small northern prince noooww.. pls

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  2. hummm you've got me convinced. I'm gonna try this :D

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  3. i LOVE shepards pie,some people make it with mashed potatoes, which tastes a little different lol! yours looks so good!

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  4. Are u posting the finale or not? When a dog is very hungry, you do not tease him with a bone. We are this close to exiting this blog for life.....

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  5. Better still, why don't just come and eat at your place huh?
    Nice lecture..
    Would see if I can pull it off.

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  6. u r all welcome to mine to have some!

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  7. Miss B...thank you for food

    Please give us Northern Prince...:D

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  8. Hiya, started reading the northern price a couple ov months back and got totally hooked! Been checking your blog everyday now for the past two months for the finale (still cant understand y u'v decided to stop writing it, but decided to not kill you for it!) and i've been teased for too long babe! As i can see u in the UK so don't make my job easier unless i will track u down!!!! LOLZ! bt pls seriously...u've got me addicted so give me my fix now...abeg :(

    Ur stalker 4rm afar! bumz... ;D

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  9. Seems it's not too different from Lasagna, just without the sauce and pasta sheets. Hmmm...idea!

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  10. where is NORTHERN PRINCE FINALE??????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  11. I thot I was the only one coming here almost all the time looking for the Northern Prince. Na wa.

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  12. Thanks for this yummy recipe MissB. We are in spirit. I badly wanted a recipe to rid my fridge of 2kg of potatoes!

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  13. please update the northern prince

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  14. im dying inside..... i just want to read the finale lol

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  15. Ok so i can see Miss B is totally ignoring requests for the northern prince...Preety please honey! :)

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  16. shepherds pie? na wa oh. all of una ajebo pple. i havent heard of it before. the only thing i know na meat pie..... lol.

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  17. pls add me to ur blogroll

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  18. I LOOVE SHEPHERD'S PIE! I recently just tried it out myself, i did not use tomato puree however, i used a shepherd's pie mix i found at the grocery store; it had cornstarch i believe. i definitely will try it with tomato paste tho.
    btw, i enjoy reading your blog! it's beautiful!!

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  19. Firstly Thank you for bloglisting our blog. Although I can't cook to save my life, the pictures have gotten me hungry so I gotta nip to the shops lol!

    Just followed your blog now x

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  20. please no let new year reach without finishing northern prince!
    i dey beg

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  21. Hope you're good? Happy New year and hope to see you around soon...

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  22. You sure know how to make this English recipe. As a correct Naija babe you also need to know to make Nigerian recipes.

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  23. Shepard pie is the bomb. And that is all:)

    My ex-stepmum used to make a mean ass shepard's pie. Lactose intolerant or not, i used to wolf down the ish. Sigh. Good memories.

    I guess i need to learn how to make it myself now. Will try so before the year runs out. Thanks for the recipe.

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  24. yaay! i finally made some! thanks for the inspiration!

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