Easy Buttery Shepherds Pie Recipes

EASY SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Brown meat in large skillet. Meanwhile, mix potatoes, cream cheese, 1/2 cup of the shredded cheese and the garlic until well blended.
• Drain meat. Return to skillet; stir in vegetables and gravy. Spoon into 9-inch square baking dish; cover with potato mixture and remaining 1/2 cup shredded cheese.
• Bake 20 min. or until heated through.

EASY BUTTERY SHEPHERDS PIE

Steps:

• Saute beef, onion, celery and garlic in a large pan until well done.
• Strain off fat, leaving meat in the strainer and reserving pan for later use.
• Boil potatoes until fork tender, about 20 minutes.
• Drain and mash with butter.
• Blanch carrots (or microwave until al dente) and add to beef mixture.
• Whisk broth with flour to thicken, and add to the pan. When gravy comes to a boil, add beef and carrot mixture.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Spoon meat mixture into a 2-quart casserole. Spoon potatoes on top.
• Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
• Top with cheese and let sit until cheese melts from the radiated heat; approximately 5 minutes.

SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Place the potatoes in medium pot with boiling water. Boil until soft, approximately 15 minutes. Drain.
• transfer the potatoes to a mixing bowl and using a ricer or potato masher, blend with the butter and season with the salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 400°F. Coat a 9x13 casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Melt the butter in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and celery and cook for 3 minutes.
• Add the garlic to the pan and cook for one minute. Place the ground beef in pan along with frozen vegetables. Cook for an additional 5-7 minutes until meat is brown. Stir in the tomato paste, flour, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.
• Transfer the beef mixture to the prepared casserole dish. Top the beef with mashed potatoes.
• Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes.
• Top with cheese or parsley, if desired.
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EASY SHEPHERDS PIE

Steps:

• 1 Peel and quarter potatoes, boil in salted water until tender (about 20 minutes).
• 2 While the potatoes are cooking, melt 4 Tablespoons butter (1/2 a stick) in large frying pan.
• 3 Sauté onions in butter until tender over medium heat (10 mins). If you are adding vegetables, add them according to cooking time. Put any carrots in with the onions. Add corn or peas either at the end of the cooking of the onions, or after the meat has initially cooked.
• 4 Add ground beef and sauté until no longer pink. Add salt and pepper. Add worcesterchire sauce. Add half a cup of beef broth and cook, uncovered, over low heat for 10 minutes, adding more beef broth as necessary to keep moist.
• 5 Mash potatoes in bowl with remainder of butter, season to taste.
• 6 Place beef and onions in baking dish. Distribute mashed potatoes on top. Rough up with a fork so that there are peaks that will brown nicely. You can use the fork to make some designs in the potatoes as well.
• 7 Cook in 400 degree oven until bubbling and brown (about 30 minutes). Broil for last few minutes if necessary to brown.