Shepherd’s Pie


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Shepherd’s Pie Shepherd’s Pie Recipe Courtesy of

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Servings: 8-10 servings
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 1 hour
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients Add to grocery list

1 1/2 cup mixed vegetables or niblet corn, prepared
2   8-ounce cans tomato sauce
1   small onion
1 1/2 lb ground meat
1/2 cup sour cream
12 tablespoon butter
1 1/2 cup milk
8-10   medium red new potatoes
2 cup instant biscuit mix, prepared
Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions

Beef Layer:
Saute onions in 2 tablespoons butter.  Add ground beef.  After beef is browned, add tomato sauce; Mix in vegetables.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Potato Layer:
Peel and slice potatoes 1/4 thick.  Cook in boiling water for approx 15 minutes or until fork-tender.  Whip potatoes with electric mixer; mix until moderately smooth.  Don’t over beat them; a few lumps are nice.  Add 1/2 cup heated milk, 1/2 cup butter, and sour cream.  Salt and pepper to taste.  Whip until mixed.  Adjust thickness by adding more milk, if desired.

Biscuit Layer:
Combine biscuit mix and 1 cup milk. The mix should be thinner than normal biscuit mix but not runny.

Spray a 9x9x2 inch pan, or any similar casserole dish.  Layer half way up with the mashed potatoes.  Next, spread a layer of mixed vegetables or niblet corn on top of potatoes.  Then add a layer of the meat.  Pour biscuit mix over meat.  Melt 4 tablespoons of butter and drizzle over top.  Bake at 350 for approx 35-45 minutes until top is golden brown.

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This is a cute little dish, Paula. I changed a couple of ingredients because I had left-over roast beef with gravy. Instead of the hamburger, onions or tamato sauce, I used the roast beef and gravy with canned peas for me and frozen corn for him. Instead of the sauted onion, I used a layer of 'French's French Fried Onions'. Oh, and to make it a little quicker, I used 'Bob Even's Mashed Potatos with the sour cream. My hubby liked it so much, I made it the next night, too!

By Blackberry Cobbler on May 10, 2012

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This is a cute little dish, Paula. I changed a couple of ingredients because I had left-over roast beef with gravy. Instead of the hamburger, onions or tamato sauce, I used the roast beef and gravy with canned peas for me and frozen corn for him. Instead of the sauted onion, I used a layer of 'French's French Fried Onions'. Oh, and to make it a little quicker, I used 'Bob Even's Mashed Potatos with the sour cream. My hubby liked it so much, I made it the next night, too!

By Blackberry Cobbler on May 10, 2012

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do u drain the ground beef or just keep in like it is an continue to add the tomato sauce an stuff

By Amber on May 03, 2012

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Your recipe says to add the corn or mixed vegetables to the top of the potatoes, for those who were wondering when to add. Also, instead of instant potatoes, you can use the steam mash potatoes from the freezer section - same as you preparing mashed potatoes. You can also use peas for something green - instead of mixed veggies or corn or in addition to. Recipe is great.

By Betty Miller on February 27, 2012

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It looks very tasty, but surely it should be renamed as shepherds herd sheep - so it should be made with lamb mince, not beef. In Britain this would be called Cottage Pie - we make both types with mashed potato on top, although a great healthy variation is mashed sweet potato!

By SkyEyes on January 18, 2012

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Paula, made your Shepard pie and my family loved it! Awesome thank you smile

By Gail on January 15, 2012

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Paula, I have made your pumpkin cheesecake twice for Thanksgiving and everone raves about it. This year I used cinnamon graham chrackers for the crust. Sincerely yours, Beverly Moody

By Anonymous on November 29, 2011

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Simply delicious Paula!!

By Hussain Al-Maskati on August 21, 2011

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This looks delicious Paula, not had chance to make yet as buiscuit topping hard to come by in the Uk. One small point though: I remember watching this recipe on your show following a trip you'd made to England. If that was part of the inspiration for this dish, then it is a 'Cottage Pie' as it uses beef. A Shepherds Pie is called that as it uses ground Lamb. I've not seen many shepherds tending to cows...

By Adam on May 24, 2011

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I love Shepherd’s Pie. When I made this recipe I had never try Shepherd’s Pie. My mother never made it nor did I ever have anywhere else. What made me try it is that my mother-in-law loves Shepherd’s Pie and well I love my mother-in-law so I decided to try to make it. It was a hit, she loved it, and so did the rest of the family. I now have added my own little twist to make it my own. My family loves it so much that they constantly request this for dinner. Thanks so much Paula! Tinisha

By Tinisha on April 22, 2011

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I love this! its very easy and quick to make and i use instant mashed potatos so it cuts the time in half. also for the people asking about the vegtables. I mixed one can with the meat and layered a can of corn on top of the potatos. The first time i made this i just used 1 can of corn mixed in the meat and it was just as good.

By Tiffany on February 16, 2011

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Dear Paula...do you have a recipie for sheperds pie without the tomato sauce?My 23 yr old son just had to have emergancy surgery for a ruptured ulcer that he didnt even know he had. The dr told me a few hrs longer he would have died,,he worked with it ruptured for a month...and he loves sheperds pie and i told him i only make your's...so he wants me to make him some. And just so you know i am ur biggest fan..I just love you and i want to meet you so bad...well thank you very much. Hope you and your handsome family have a very Merry CHRISTmas and a Happy New Year. P.S. Bobby is the cutest man ever. wink) Thank you ..Carol

By Carol Calhoun on December 15, 2010

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i`m confused as when to add vegetables! With beef mixture or at the end???

By Anonymous on November 21, 2010

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Easy to fix

By Anonymous on October 12, 2010

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By Anonymous on July 08, 2010

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By Anonymous on July 08, 2010

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Which is it?? Do you mix in the vegetables as it says under Beef Layer or are the vegetables their own separate layer as it says at the end??

By Anonymous on December 27, 2009

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My kids loved this. They eat veggies and didn't know it.

By Anonymous on October 30, 2009

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