Shepherds, no,,,, Cottage, no,,,,

[JKD]

,,,, Concoction pie, yes 😆

Didn't have the correct ingredients for the other two, so used what I did have.

Minced beef, one onion, celery, orange sweet pepper, diced green beans, chopped tomatoes, mushrooms, mixed herbs, Worcestershire sauce, beef oxo cubes, seasoning and gravy powder to slightly thicken. Maris piper mash for the topping and it was superb 😋😋😋

 

[mossy835]

looks very nice

[mel b3]

Looks spot on 👍.

[JohnfromUK]

That looks very nice and to me would be a 'Cottage' pie (and a good one too).  Shepherd's is lamb based, Cottage beef based.  In terms of veggies, additions, seasoning etc, pretty much anything can be thrown in - often leftover veggies.  I even sometimes add curry powder and chillies.

[Bigbob]

A winter warmer meal 

[shaun4860]

Replace the beef/lamb with haggis for Burns night but add plenty of gravy to the haggis

[ditchman]

9 minutes ago, shaun4860 said:

Replace the beef/lamb with haggis for Burns night but add plenty of gravy to the haggis

i was thinking about adding pepper sauce for haggis and bashed swede .......what do you rekon ?

[TIGHTCHOKE]

7 hours ago, ditchman said:

i was thinking about adding pepper sauce for haggis and bashed swede .......what do you rekon ?

Heathen.

7 hours ago, shaun4860 said:

Replace the beef/lamb with haggis for Burns night but add plenty of gravy to the haggis

Good grief, GORDON BENNETT, why spoil a cracking staple, it is a marvellous offering and doesn't need to be ******** about.   

[JKD]

7 hours ago, shaun4860 said:

Replace the beef/lamb with haggis for Burns night but add plenty of gravy to the haggis

How disgusting  Go and wash your mouth out with soap 

[JKD]

Thanks chaps,,,, it's not often something 'made up' turns out delicious, but I don't think I could have improved this by adding anything else 😃

[shaun4860]

59 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Heathen.

Good grief, GORDON BENNETT, why spoil a cracking staple, it is a marvellous offering and doesn't need to be ******** about.   

It was just for Burns night 🥺

8 hours ago, ditchman said:

i was thinking about adding pepper sauce for haggis and bashed swede .......what do you rekon ?

I would have thought the Haggis should be spicy enough but why not 

[Jonty]

Looks ace!!  I always thicken my sauce up with gravy granules too - cant abide it watery 👍

[marsh man]

That look superb JKD just like my grandfather used to make , how often do a simple tea like that turn out more enjoyable than something well planed with a great deal of time spent on it , we have some nice ( game ) casserole's on our shoot lunch at times and I say game but just about anything and everything go in the melting pot and then a potato crust go top , a very simple dish and on a Winters day it go down a treat with no complaints . I might try something similar during the week and add a few chopped up veg as well , it might not be called Shepard's or Cottage pie but as long as it isn't called a disaster then that will be good enough for me . 😋 

[JKD]

21 minutes ago, Jonty said:

Looks ace!!  I always thicken my sauce up with gravy granules too - cant abide it watery 👍

Thanks Jonty,,,, only used enough granules to slightly thicken, as then you get the 'gravy' oozing up through the mash 😀

14 minutes ago, marsh man said:

That look superb JKD just like my grandfather used to make , how often do a simple tea like that turn out more enjoyable than something well planed with a great deal of time spent on it , we have some nice ( game ) casserole's on our shoot lunch at times and I say game but just about anything and everything go in the melting pot and then a potato crust go top , a very simple dish and on a Winters day it go down a treat with no complaints . I might try something similar during the week and add a few chopped up veg as well , it might not be called Shepard's or Cottage pie but as long as it isn't called a disaster then that will be good enough for me . 😋 

Cheers MM, and yes, sometimes things work out tasty,,,, sometimes not 🙄 This was 'lush'  😋😋

[Jonty]

15 minutes ago, JKD said:

Thanks Jonty,,,, only used enough granules to slightly thicken, as then you get the 'gravy' oozing up through the mash 😀

Cheers MM, and yes, sometimes things work out tasty,,,, sometimes not 🙄 This was 'lush'  😋😋

That's exactly how I like mine too 👍

[JohnfromUK]

1 hour ago, marsh man said:

I might try something similar during the week and add a few chopped up veg as well

Tip; you can buy ready frozen "mixed veggies' in bags which are all small (i.e. peas, sweetcorn, chopped up carrots and green beans) which makes adding a few veggies a doddle.  Keep a bag in the freezer and add a couple of spoons to minced meats, soups, casseroles etc.

Edited January 23 by JohnfromUK

[marsh man]

36 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said:

Tip; you can buy ready frozen "mixed veggies' in bags which are all small (i.e. peas, sweetcorn, chopped up carrots and green beans) which makes adding a few veggies a doddle.  Keep a bag in the freezer and add a couple of spoons to mined meats, soups, casseroles etc.

THANKS for that John ... That will be the way I go and just use the amount required and the rest can be kept for another similar meal  , me and waste don't go together .

[JohnfromUK]

4 minutes ago, marsh man said:

THANKS for that John ... That will be the way I go and just use the amount required and the rest can be kept for another similar meal  , me and waste don't go together .

Birds Eye do some that are widely available - but most stores have both their own brands and some with a 'theme' (e.g. with peppers in)