Grammy's Kitchen · Shepherd's Pie · Easy Shepherd's Pie
One of 42 shepherd's pie recipes we measured
from www.wellplated.com
It ranks #3 of 42 for glaze depth among the shepherd's pie recipes we compared. 116 cooks on www.wellplated.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 42.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| egg | 10% | 0% |
| dairy | 13% | 5% |
| aromatics | 36% | 28% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 63% | 42% |
| vegetables and beans | 207% | 145% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 680 g | 1 1/2 pounds russet potatoes |
| 43 g | 3 tablespoons unsalted butter (diced) |
| 25 g | 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper |
| 61 g | 1/4 cup milk (or half-and-half) |
| 50 g | 1 large egg yolk |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil |
| 150 g | 1 yellow onion (chopped) |
| 6 g | 2 garlic cloves (minced) |
| 16 g | 1 tablespoon tomato paste |
| 454 g | 1 pound lean ground beef or ground lamb |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper |
| 15 g | 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour |
| 240 g | 1 cup less sodium beef broth or chicken broth |
| 16 g | 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce |
| 2 g | 2 sprigs fresh thyme |
| 1 g | 1 dried bay leaf |
| 312 g | 1 (10- to 12-ounce) bag frozen peas and carrots (no need to thaw) |
Method: 14 steps, published by www.wellplated.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I would make this recipe again! This time my schedule was tight, so I “phoned it in” and used instant mashed potatoes, but it turned out great!” — a cook, 5.0★
“We really enjoyed this for St Paddy’s! We will make it again!” — a cook, 5.0★