Dateline: Nov. 6, 2009
Year of the Pie - Pie #16 Cottage
Pie # 16
Cottage Pie
a.k.a Shepherd's Pie
Wikipedia tells us that Shepherd's Pie was originally known as Cottage Pie. It is a meat pie with a 'crust' of mashed potatoes. But then somehow it got associated with shepherds/sheep, etc. The meat used in England is generally mutton or lamb (sheep meat).
Well, here in Indiana, we used ground Angus meat.
I was on my morning walk the other day and I was wondering how to use up some extra mashed potatoes. I vaguely remember something about mashed potatoes in a pie. I looked up shepherd's pie at Allrecipes.com and it gave me about a trillion different variations of it. I combined a few of the ingredients from different posts and came up with this version.
1 pound ground beef fried up with a chopped onion and drained
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 T. Worcestershire sauce
1 15 ounce can of corn, drained
Mix the above together and spread into a pie plate. (by using a pie plate it help justify a Year of the Pie post
)
Shred 1 C. of sharp cheddar cheese and layer it on top of the mixture, then top with 2 C. mashed potatoes.
Bake at 350° for about 35-45 minutes or until taters are toasty brown.
Cottage Pie
a.k.a Shepherd's Pie
Wikipedia tells us that Shepherd's Pie was originally known as Cottage Pie. It is a meat pie with a 'crust' of mashed potatoes. But then somehow it got associated with shepherds/sheep, etc. The meat used in England is generally mutton or lamb (sheep meat).
Well, here in Indiana, we used ground Angus meat.
I was on my morning walk the other day and I was wondering how to use up some extra mashed potatoes. I vaguely remember something about mashed potatoes in a pie. I looked up shepherd's pie at Allrecipes.com and it gave me about a trillion different variations of it. I combined a few of the ingredients from different posts and came up with this version.
1 pound ground beef fried up with a chopped onion and drained
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 T. Worcestershire sauce
1 15 ounce can of corn, drained
Mix the above together and spread into a pie plate. (by using a pie plate it help justify a Year of the Pie post
)Shred 1 C. of sharp cheddar cheese and layer it on top of the mixture, then top with 2 C. mashed potatoes.
Bake at 350° for about 35-45 minutes or until taters are toasty brown.
We three rated it 
. (husband,me, Maggie -hers wasn't a thumbs up or down-so I gave it a 'it could be eaten if need be' face)
Until Next Time.
. (husband,me, Maggie -hers wasn't a thumbs up or down-so I gave it a 'it could be eaten if need be' face)Until Next Time.
Comments
Nov. 9, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by magg93
Just wanted to stop by and encourage you on your pie posts:)
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