Shepherd's Pie

Now, we will learn how to cook a tipical delicious english recipe: the Sheperd's Pie.

The Shepherd's pie is a traditional British dish consisting of a layer of minced lamb and covered with mashed potato and optionally a layer of cheese. The traditionally consists minced lamb (hence Shepherd) but many people prefer the beef.  The recipe we will explain serves four people:

Ingredients:

- 1kg of Lamb minced meat (or Beef). 
- Half an Onion. 
- Garlic.  
- a Carrot.
- 25 cl. Red Wine.

- 2 boiled Potatoes.
- 2 spoons of Butter.
- 50 cl. of Fresh Milk. 

Preperation:

First, to make the mash, heat 50 cl. of Fresh Milk and 2 spoons of Butter.  Then, add the two mashed potatoes and remove it until it turns a soft potato mash.   Cool it down to room temperature. 

Then chop finely an half Onion and add it to a frying pan with some heated oil and some garlic; then slice a carrot and add it too. When it turns golden, you can add the minced Lamb.   Fry it for some minutes with the red wine. 

To assemble the pie put in the bowl a layer of meat first, then a layer of mash, meat layer and finally, mash layer.   The reason why we mix the Potatoes Mash with milk and butter is for lighthen it  and for the meat to not sinking on it.  This is the most critical phase of the assembling of the cake, so BE CAREFUL. 

Then, make slits on the last mash layer to make it crispy and cover it with some shreded cheese.  Bake it for 150º C  for an hour or until it turns golden.

We hope you enjoy this delicious recipe.