The Best Shepherd's Pie. Ever. is incredibly hearty, with beef and vegetables cooked in a savory gravy, topped with creamy mashed potatoes. The ultimate comfort food!
Top o’ the evenin’ to ya’!
That’s my happy St. Patrick’s Day greeting.
My husband and I were going to hit up the all-you-can-eat St. Paddy’s Day buffet at our local grocery store for the occasion (unlimited Reubens & corned beef?!) but I thought nah, lets keep it homemade with The Best Shepherd’s Pie. EVER!
This classic meat pie, originally known as Cottage Pie back in the late 1700s, takes the same amount of time to make as it would be to drive, dine, regret, and return home. Can you say win/win?!
Just brown ground beef with onions and garlic, cook in flour, chicken broth, tomato paste and other seasonings, then simmer until thick.
Toss in some frozen veggies, and you’re nearly there!
While making the filling, boil ~4 cups worth of mashed potatoes on a burner next door. OR, go the easy route and purchase a family-size package of pre-made mashed potatoes from the store.
Assembly time!
Pour the filling into an oven-proof casserole dish then top with mashed potatoes.
Pop into the oven for 20 minutes then devour!
Scooped out a big serving and try not to fall into the tunnel of mashed potato love!
Ingredients
- 4 cups prepared mashed potatoes
- garlic salt
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 Tablespoons gluten-free flour, or AP flour if not gluten free
- 1 Tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tablespoon gluten free reduced-sodium Tamari, or soy sauce if not gluten free
- 14.5 oz can chicken broth
- 2 cups frozen vegetable medley
- salt and pepper
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brown ground beef, onions and garlic in a large skillet over medium-high heat. When meat is completely cooked, sprinkle in flour and continue to saute for 1-2 minutes.
- Stir in tomato paste, worcestershire sauce, gluten-free tamari or soy sauce and chicken broth. Simmer for 5-6 minutes, or until sauce is thick. Turn of the heat then stir in frozen vegetables and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour beef mixture into a large, oven-proof casserole dish then top with mashed potatoes and sprinkle with garlic salt.
- Place casserole dish on a large sheet pan (in case the sauce overflows) then bake for 20-30 minutes, or until top is golden brown. Scoop onto plates then serve.
Nutrition
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Oh yes, can’t we just talk about that for a minute….nearly every time we go out to eat, about halfway through my meal I say to my boyfriend, mmm you know what we should do after dinner? And I wait for him to say “go get ice cream”, and he sits there with a blank look on his face. HE KNOWS THIS, and he also knows that that’s his cue for getting to eat the remaining part of my meal so that I don’t feel bad for eating the ice cream. Why oh why do they make it difficult? ;)
Yummy food and cute kid:)
I love ice cream- my favorite is vanilla soft serve!
go with the beer tonight. trust me. ;)
you make the most amazing meals.
Mine always wants ice cream. ALWAYS. It’s out of control.
You need to come down to KC and have a foodie weekend…or just an ice cream weekend. We have an amazing local chain called Sheridan’s Frozen Custard (we’re talking way better than Culver’s or Freddy’s) and they have a wedding cake concrete that comes with a FULL slice of wedding cake in it. Luckily, my boyfriend loves it just as much as I do, and we always compare the sizes of chunks of buttercream frosting and cake in our cups. SO amazing.
Mmmhm yum, Shepherd’s Pie. We make ours with melty cheese on top of the mashed potatoes!
I made shep’s pie with cauliflower topping- a bit ligher, and with ground turkey! My fav ice cream is hard ice cream, in a cone, with choc jimmies for licking! :)
Haha SO TRUE!!! I ALWAYS want to go for ice cream and my hubby could always leave it. So weird! I’ll go for a mint Oreo blizzard with you girl. :)
Doesn’t matter what the flavor is–just as long as it is ice cream!! :)
Although, I am not a huge fan of neapolitan. Not sure what is about it, I just don’t really dig it.
OREO BLIZZARD! but MINT oreo blizzard sounds even better!!!!
the shepards pie looks deeeeeelish! and your nephew is a total cutie patootie!
That’s funny…mine wanted ice cream last night but I didn’t. That NEVER happens but it was too cold for ice cream!
We compromised. We got beer and pizza….and I got mint gelato. :) Haha. Such crazy party faces we are these days. :)
Hahaha you and Ben crack me up to no end. Tell him you made dinner so he better get ice cream with you!