Dish · british
Shepherd's Pie
Ground lamb cooked with onion, carrot and stock, topped with mashed potato and baked until the top browns, served from the dish it was baked in.
Where it comes from
The name specifically distinguishes it from the same dish made with beef, called cottage pie, a split in naming that tracks which meat a household had on hand rather than any difference in method.
What cooks argue about
Getting the mashed potato top to brown without drying out is the real question: some rough up the surface and brush on butter before a broiler blast, others bake longer at lower heat instead.
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