Thinking of making sheppards pie for dinner..

I have never made Shepard's Pie before. I don't know if I have even ever tasted it before. Sorry couldn't be of any help..

Never heard of it having corn in it, the meat base is usually minced lamb, onions, carrots and tomatoes, worcestershire sauce, seasoning, all topped with creamy mashed potatoes. It's good to brown it under the grill before serving with a sprinkling of parprika on top of the mash.

Mine has a gravy in it. I mix up the browned ground beef with whatever veggies and add a quick gravy. Then I top it with mashed potatoes with shredded cheese mixed in them. I have not had one in a long time. I normally do corn, green beans, carrots, onions in mine.

I haven't made that particular dish. It doesn't, however, seem like it would be too terribly difficult. Of course, then again, I've had Shepard's Pie before that was essentially a layer of ground beef, corn, and potatoes. I'm not sure that was legitimate Shepard's pie. I suppose I could look it up. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ([i]Cottage pie From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from Shepherd's pie) Jump to: navigation, search Cottage Pie with minced beef Cottage pie, also known as shepherd's pie, refers to an English meat pie with a crust made from mashed potato and beef. The term cottage pie is known to have been in use in 1791[1][2], when potato was being introduced as an edible crop affordable for the poor (cf. "cottage" meaning a modest dwelling for rural workers). In early cookery books, the dish was a means of using leftover roasted meat of any kind, and the pie dish was lined with mashed potato as well as having a mashed potato crust on top[3][4]. The term "shepherd's pie" did not appear until the 1870s[2], and since then it has been used synonymously with "cottage pie", regardless of whether the principal ingredient was beef or mutton[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. There is now a popular tendency for "shepherd's pie" to be used when the meat is mutton or lamb[9], with the suggested origin being that shepherds are concerned with sheep[10] and not cattle[11][12], however this may be an example of folk etymology. [/i]) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) Looks like Shepherd's pie should be made with mutton. Interesting. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Various included footnotes: 1) Link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd%27s_pie --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

My mom used to make shepard's pie when I was a kid, but I hadn't ever tried it as an adult. One day I asked a friend for a recipe, and made it the way she told me to... blah!! It was nothing like mom used to make, it was tasteless and gross! So I gave up on the idea for awhile, but then a few months ago I thought I'd try again, this time adding some beef gravy to it. It was perfect! Exactly like mom used to make! We all loved it. I'll always use gravy in it from now on.

Some interesting varieties here. I like the one with Corn. The main ingredient for a Shepherd's Pie is lamb. Without the lamb it is a Cottage Pie. When I cook the meat there is always some liquid and it all goes into the dish before the topping goes on. I also include chopped carrots onions and peas.

I usually make shephards pie when I have leftovers and this often includes gravy. It seems to need some kind of sauce or gravy to go with it.

I love shepherd's pie and have always made a gravy. I saute' onions and then ground beef. I then either make a gravy or use Knorr's gravy mix which actually is pretty good for a mix. Then I add the corn on top of that and then the mashed potatoes. Yum.