March 17, 2021

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This homey, comforting and hearty Irish pub style shepherd’s pie is ideal for any St. Patrick’s Day dinner or for a leisurely weeknight/weekend meal. 🍀

This classic shepherd’s pie has a tomato and beef filling mixed with a mirepoix (meer-pwah) fresh vegetables (onions, carrots, and celery), thyme, and parsley. Then, it’s topped with creamy sour cream and thyme mashed potatoes, and mozzarella cheese. It’s finished broiled in it the oven to add a nice browning effect.

Shepherd’s pie is the ideal meal and it’s super flavorful. It’s also been around for quite a while. It remains to be the classic comforting staple in so many kitchens. You can’t go wrong with this dish. It’s easy and fun to make. Add a side salad and a roll to make it a complete meal.

This pie was once called ‘cottage pie’. The name ‘cottage’ was given to this meat pie around the timeframe potatoes were introduced to the United Kingdom because they were affordable for people who lived in cottages. It’s now called ‘shepherd’s pie’.

Irish Pub Shepherd’s Pie

Ashlee

This classic shepherd's pie has a tomato and beef filling mixed with a mirepoix (meer-pwah) fresh vegetables (onions, carrots, and celery), thyme, and parsley. Then, it's topped with creamy sour cream and thyme mashed potatoes, and mozzarella cheese. It's finished broiled in it the oven to add a nice browning effect.

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Total Time 45

Course Main Dishes

Cuisine Irish

Servings 4

Ingredients

For Mashed Potatoes:*

2 Golden Yukon potatoes, chopped
Kosher salt and ground pepper
2 Tbsp unsalted butter
1/2 cup milk
2 Tbsp sour cream
1 tsp fresh thyme, chopped
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

For Beef Mixture:

1 Tbsp olive oil
2 carrots, chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
1 medium onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 lb ground beef
1 tsp garlic powder
2 tsp fresh thyme, chopped
2 Tbsp tomato paste
1 Tbsp flour
1 cup beef broth
Kosher salt and ground pepper, to taste

Instructions

For Mashed Potatoes:*

Wash and dice all the potatoes. Peel potato skin off, if desired. In a medium stockpot, add potatoes to water with kosher salt. Boil potatoes until are tender, about 15-20 minutes. Drain and return to pot.
Mash potatoes with a masher. Add sour cream, butter, fresh thyme and milk. Season with kosher salt and ground pepper. Mix together. Set aside.

For Beef Mixture:

Preheat the broiler on high on the oven. Wash and prepare all produce.
In a large oven-proof skillet, heat olive oil on medium-high heat. Combine carrots, celery, onion and garlic. Season with kosher salt and ground pepper. Cook until veggies are tender, about 7 minutes. Add garlic powder and fresh thyme, cool until fragrant about 1 minute.
Add ground beef to skillet. Cook, breaking up beef into pieces and until browned, abou 4-6 minutes. Add tomato paste and flour. Stir thoroughly and cook for about 1 minute.
Add beef both and cook until beef mixture thickens, about 2 minutes. Season with kosher salt and pepper.
Top beef mixture with mashed potatoes, leaving a slight gap on the edges. Top with mozzarella cheese. Place into oven and broil for 3 minutes. Be sure to watch your skillet to avoid burning top.
Serve immediately.