How to Make Ina Garten’s Easy and Filling Shepherd’s Pie Recipe

• I attempted Ina Garten’s recipe for shepherd’s pie.
• The meal was simple to make and took lower than an hour to organize.
• The pie’s filling was flavorful and savory, whereas the mashed potatoes have been completely creamy.

I am an Irish-American, however I did not develop up consuming shepherd’s pie.

This conventional Irish dish has its origins within the late 1700s, when rural girls made it utilizing components from their Sunday roast dinner to repurpose leftover meals, Britannica reported.

Nevertheless, shepherd’s pie has develop into a favourite within the US, as nicely. Whereas Irish variations usually use lamb, many American variations of the recipe use floor beef or turkey as an alternative, and superstar cooks like Ina Garten have printed their very own distinctive spins on the consolation meals which might be excellent for the autumn and winter seasons. 

Garten is among the most beloved superstar cooks — with a reported web value within the hundreds of thousands, 13 cookbooks below her belt, and a loyal fan following — so her shepherd’s pie appeared a superb place for me to start out. Her recipe, which was reposted by the recipe weblog Half-Scratched, requires components like carrots, celery, white button mushrooms, floor turkey, and home made mashed potatoes.

Here is the way it turned out.