Shepherd's Pie
Shepherd's Pie

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have shepherd's pie using 17 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Shepherd's Pie:
  1. Get 1 tbsp reduced calorie margarine
  2. Make ready 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  3. Prepare 1 cup low sodium chicken broth
  4. Get 1 tsp reduced sodium soy sauce
  5. Prepare 2 cup cubed, cooked chicken breast
  6. Take 2 carrots, sliced and blanched
  7. Prepare 1 cup chopped, cleaned spinach leaves
  8. Make ready 6 chopped scallions
  9. Make ready 1/2 cup thawed frozen corn kernels
  10. Get 1/2 cup evaporated skimmed milk
  11. Make ready 1 tsp dried thyme leaves, crumbled
  12. Take 1/2 tsp ground marjoram
  13. Take 3 medium russet potatoes, cooked, peeled, and mashed
  14. Get 1 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
  15. Take 1/4 tsp paprika
  16. Take 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
  17. Prepare 1/4 cup water

You'll love the convenience of this easy, comforting shepherd's pie from Martha Stewart. Unlike other shepherd's pie recipes, this one calls for frozen vegetables instead of fresh and can be made the day before. Shepherd's Pie comes to us from England, and is traditionally made with lamb or mutton. Here in the states we are more of a beef eating culture than a lamb eating one, and when one is served "shepherd's pie" here, it is most often made with ground beef.

Steps to make Shepherd's Pie:
  1. In a medium nonstick saucepan, melt the margarine. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the flour; cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes. Whisk in the broth, soy sauce and 1/4 cup water; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring constantly, until thickened, 3-4 minutes. Preheat the oven to 400°F; spray a 2 quart casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the chicken and the remaining tablespoon of flour. Stir in the carrots, spinach, scallions, corn, milk, thyme, marjoram and the sauce. Transfer to the casserole dish. Top with potatoes, spreading to cover the filling completely; sprinkle with the cheese and paprika. Bake until bubbling and the potatoes are golden, 30-35 minutes.

Traditionally, shepherd's pie is made with lamb (hence the name). However, as the dish gained wider popularity outside of its native English homeland (where using beef would make this a cottage pie), beef became a common substitute, especially in America where it's more widely available than ground lamb. Best Shepherd's Pie This is the best shepherds pie recipe I've ever had, and it comes from a friend who was a whiz at pinching pennies without sacrificing hearty flavor.—Valerie Merrill, Topeka, Kansas These shepherd's pie recipes run the range from the traditional (featuring ground or minced lamb) to the modestly modified (ground beef instead of lamb) to the more modern and experimental (vegan or paleo shepherd's pies). You can't go wrong with any of these savory one-pot comfort-food casseroles, complete meals that also feature veggies, a savory gravy, and a mashed potato (or a surprise. Shepherd's pie is traditionally made with a ground-lamb filling, but we make ours with ground beef.

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