Shepherd's Pie

subheading: Alright, grocery list time. Here are the basic shepherd’s pie ingredients that you will need to make this recipe:

Ground beef or lamb: It’s traditional to make shepherd’s pie with ground lamb (and “cottage pie” with beef), but feel free to use ground beef, turkey or chicken if you prefer in the recipe below. (Or see notes below for how to make vegetarian shepherd’s pie sans-meat too.)

Veggies: Finely-dice lots of onion, carrots, celery, garlic and frozen peas. Plus I also highly recommend adding in some finely-diced mushrooms (baby bella, white button, or portobellos) too.

Flour: I used flour to thicken the sauce, but see below for gluten-free substitution options.

Beef stock: Or chicken or veggie stock, whatever you have on hand.

Dry red wine: I also love the extra depth of flavor this adds. But if you prefer not to cook with wine, just add in an extra ½ cup of beef stock instead.

Tomato paste: Which will give it that nice tomato-y base.

Worcestershire sauce: A must!

Herbs: Definitely toss in a few bay leaves. Then I also recommend adding in a few sprigs of fresh Italian herbs, such as rosemary and thyme. (Or if you don’t have fresh herbs available, you can add in 1.5 tablespoons of dry Italian seasoning.)

Mashed potatoes: This recipe calls for a half batch of my favorite mashed potatoes recipe, made with potatoes, milk, butter and cream cheese.

Directions at gimmesomeoven.com

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