Shepherd’s Pie

Ingredients

• ½ lb. cooked meat
• 1 oz. butter
• 1 oz. flour
• ½ pt. stock
• 1 onion
• 1 dessert-sp. mushroom ketchup
• Seasoning
• Mashed potatoes
• A little milk or beaten egg

Method

1. 1

   Prepare the meat and make a brown sauce as directed for hash.

2. 2

   Lay the pieces of meat at the bottom of a greased pie dish and pour the sauce over.

3. 3

   Then prepare some mashed potatoes and pile them on the top.

4. 4

   Smooth over with a knife, and mark neatly with the back of a fork.

5. 5

   Brush over with a little milk or beaten egg and bake in a good oven for at least 30 minutes.

6. 6

   Serve very hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 399. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Shepherd’s Pie J lb. cooked meat. 1 oz. butter. 1 oz. flour. i pt. stock. 1 onion. 1 dessert-sp. mushroom ketchup. Seasoning. Mashed potatoes. A little milk or beaten egg- Prepare the meat and make a brown sauce as directed for hash (Recipe 1010). Lay the pieces of meat at the bottom of a greased pie dish and pour the sauce over. Then prepare some mashed potatoes (see Recipe 537) and pile them on the top. Smooth over with a knife, and mark neatly with the back of a fork, or the point of a knife. Brush over with a little milk or beaten egg and bake in a good oven for at least \ an hour. Serve very hot. Sufficient for 3 or 4 persons. 1013. Cottage Pie Prepare some cold meat mince as directed above, and put it into a greased pie dish. Pile mashed potato on the top, smooth over neatly with a knife, and then mark with the back of a fork or the point of a knife. Brush over with a little milk or beaten egg, and bake in a good oven until brown and hot through. 1014. Cold Meat in Batter i lb. cooked meat.

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