Hi everyone. Welcome to Katherine's Plate. On the menu today is shepherd's pie. Two things
One, when we travel I like to see a shepherd's pie on the menu because I like the different
variations that I find. And then two, my husband, he doesn't like peas and carrots, but he'll
eat it in this dish. So it's a win-win situation. So this is a very easy, very simple dish
It's a comforting dish also. If you're having a bad stressful day and you come home, I guarantee
that when you make this dish and it's sitting in front of you on the table, you're going
to feel really good about it. So let's get started. Okay, I use russet potatoes. These are four large russet potatoes. I like to make my own
mashed potatoes for the top of the shepherd's pie, but you can certainly use the pre-made
mashed potatoes in the box from the store for convenience if you need to. So I take
the potatoes. I've already peeled them, so I'm just going to cut these long ways. Cut
three times right there. And then just keep them small so that they cook fast
Oops, lost one. He escaped. Good thing we've got plenty here
There we go. Okay, I've got my oven preheating for 375 degrees. I'm going to go ahead and
put my potatoes into the water. This is cold water to start with. I'm going to add some
salt to flavor the potatoes. Now I'm going to add my potatoes very carefully. Don't want
to splash. There we go. So I'm going to get those started
Now I'm going to cook up the ground beef and the onions, so I'm going to add a little bit
of olive oil to my pan. We're going to start cooking our onions. Okay, the oil is simmering
now. We're going to go ahead and add our onions and start softening those up
Okay, so these onions are ready to go. They're nice and soft now, so we're going to go ahead
and add our ground beef to it. This is one pound. We're going to use our little meat chopper
I really need to invest in one of these. I'm going to heat this a little bit
I'm going to add about a teaspoon of garlic. Okay, it's almost done. At this stage, I'm going to go ahead and add a little salt and
pepper for some flavor. Let's see what we've got
All right. It's done. All right, we're going to take our ground beef mixture out now. It's fully cooked. We're
just going to put it into a bowl for right now. This was a very, very lean ground beef. Very lean. As you can see, there is no fat in there
which is good. All right, we're going to set this aside, and then we're going to start making a little
roux for this as a thickener. We need two tablespoons of butter
We're going to do two. Whisk, whisk, whisk. To this, I'm going to add two tablespoons of flour
One, two. We're going to whisk this for two minutes to get a nice roux going
Get it all into the little corners there, and get all that nice flavor into the roux
Okay, now we're going to add one tablespoon of Worcestershire to this and stir that in
Slowly. Now we're going to add one can of beef broth
All right, we're going to whisk that for just another minute. It's starting to thicken up really good. That's what we want
We're going to poke the potatoes. Oh yeah, we're almost done. Oh, it smells so good
That smells comfort to me. All right, we're done with that. Now we're going to go ahead and put our meat mixture back in
Give that a stir. Oh yeah. That definitely smells like shepherd's pie in there
All right, we're going to let that sit for just a minute. Okay, it's been simmering for about a minute now, so now I'm going to go ahead and add a can of corn, drained
That's what goes in my shepherd's pie. You don't have to put it in if you don't want to
And then 12 ounces of peas and carrots. Go ahead and give this a mix
All right, it is all ready. We're going to put a lid on here and turn it off and just let it steam by itself while we make our mashed potatoes
All right, so my potatoes are done. I'm getting my masher here on the potatoes
To this, I'm going to add about four tablespoons of butter. These are your mashed potatoes, so make them the way you like to make them
One, two, there we go. And I'm going to add about half a cup of milk
Oh, that's good right there. All right, I'm going to start mashing
Those are really good. I don't know about y'all, but what goes in mashed potatoes
I'm going to put in some shredded cheese. I've got about half of this bag
I've seen shepherd's pies that have had cheese all over the top of it
I'm putting mine in the mashed potatoes, so they're going to be all mixed up in it
Let's see. A little bit more. A little bit more, right? Can you see that
I'm going to add some salt and pepper to this. And we mix
With all these done, I'm going to try these. Make sure that they're not too hot
All these done, I'm going to try these. Make sure that we don't need to add anything else to it
That is really good. We're going to leave those alone. Now we're going to go ahead and build our shepherd's pie
What I'm going to do is I'm going to put these mashed potatoes into a Ziploc bag
I'm going to zip it up, cut a hole in it, and that's what I'm going to use to pipe over my shepherd's pie. I'm going to put a little bit of oil in the pan
I'm going to put a little bit of oil in the pan. I'm going to put a little bit of oil in the pan
They're going to be so happy that they don't have to go somewhere to eat, or get something, pick it up, and bring it back
They're going to be so happy. Just get the rest of it in there
There we go. We're going to smooth this out. I have somebody that wants to eat
Somebody wants to eat. All right, I'm going to move this over here
Put this on here so it doesn't... Okay, what I'm going to do now
is I'm going to cut a hole in the bottom of the Ziploc bag. Then we're going to start piping over the meat mixture
Hold it up where the hole is. It's going to probably work
Then just come, and then just pipe it out. All right
Oh my gosh, I can't believe I just had enough. Ta-da! All right, I'm going to put this in the oven
It has been preheating at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. All right, I have just pulled out the shepherd's pie out of the oven
It's been 30 minutes. Look at that. Do you all see the layers
All right, I'm going to sit this on the tray right here. I'm going to cool it off for just a little bit
and then I'm going to try it. All right, it's been sitting for just a few minutes
just to kind of let it all settle in. Now I'm going to cut this and just scoop out
Get some of that goodness there. It doesn't want to be hurt, does it
All right, there is my shepherd's pie. I am ready to dive into this
Mmm. This is why I like shepherd's pie. This is a very comforting dish after a long day
Even traveling, I like to find this on the menus. So, y'all, give me a big thumbs up for this recipe today
and like my video. Also, put down in the comments below if you like shepherd's pie, and what version do you use
Lamb, stew meat, or regular ground beef, or chicken. Just let me know which one you use
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