Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, shepherd's pie. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Shepherd's pie is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Shepherd's pie is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have shepherd's pie using 14 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's pie:

1. Take 2 onions
2. Make ready 2 carrots
3. Prepare 1 olive oil
4. Prepare 50 grams butter
5. Take 8 sprigs fresh thyme
6. Get 2 bay leaves
7. Get 500 grams minced lamb
8. Take 1 tbsp flour
9. Make ready 1 lemon
10. Prepare 1 stock cube
11. Prepare 800 grams floury potatoes
12. Take 200 ml single cream
13. Make ready 50 grams cheddar cheese
14. Make ready 200 grams peas

Steps to make Shepherd's pie:

1. peel onions and carrot and cut into roughly 1 cm pieces
2. fry gently in olive oil and butter until soft and tender
3. add salt and pepper, and thyme and bay leaves
4. add the peas and cook for another 5-8 minutes
5. add the mince and flour, and crumble in the stock cube. let cook until the mince has cooked out it's liquids.
6. once the mince has browned, add water (alternatively beer) until the mince is covered, let simmer for 30 minutes. story occasionally
7. preheat the oven to 180°c and start peeling the potatoes
8. quarter the potatoes and cook until soft
9. mash the potatoes with a splash of milk and a good knob of butter ( if desired, add one egg yolk too)
10. salt to taste and put aside
11. pour in the cream to the mince mixture and stir. let boil for a couple of minutes until mixture thickens up a bit
12. pour mixture into a casserole pan, grate some cheese on top, and lastly dollop potatoe mash to cover the mixture
13. put the pie in the middle of the oven and let cook for 40 minutes
14. enjoy!
15. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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