The ideal St. Patrick’s Day comfort food -- Shepherd’s Pie recipe

Try using Colcannon on top instead of just plain mashed potatoes! What a treat!

Pattymm ,sure hope you have a Cosco or Sams club in your area , they carry the Kerry gold Butter the regular and the spreadable variety ,, i stock up as it freezes beautifully,, i would stand in Macys Window and sell that Butter and Cheese,theres also a rumor floating around they are selling the Bacon and Sausages,,, sure hope it comes to Myrtle Beach Stores,,,

We make our own mincemeat and I never thought of it as an ingredient for Shepherd's Pie. Must try it out. I'm the only one in my family to eat Brussel Sprouts. I love them.

Love Shepherd's Pie, especially the ones made at King's Head Pub in Santa Monica a block from the ocean, and at the old Channel 4 Pub across from Rockefeller Center, on 48th Street. Both use mincemeat and I don't care if it's not the purest way to do it. It's perfection...and is the only time I'll eat brussel sprouts. Oh, and Wegman's has everything.

Irish butter is always available at Wegman's if you have a store near you. Good luck!

Irish butter? They don't seem to carry that in my grocery store. :)

Would people please get it correct over here with the Shepherds Pie. It is Shepherds Pie when the meat in LAMB, anything else, it is Cottage Pie. Makes me bonkers so many recipes for Shepherds Pie call for mince beef, or wotnot. It still is very tasty as Cottage Pie, especially when I cook the meat in Guinness with the stock (I get Bisto or Oxo from home)

Beef Stock

Cream flour is plain flour (all purpose )

What's "browning stock" in the US?

My mother made this often, but always insisted on lamb for the meat. After all, didn't shepherds herd the sheep? It's featured on many menus these days as a comfort food. And that it is.

I have LOVED this dish since I was cutting teeth! I am wondering...what is "cream flour"? Is it just flour used to thicken? Anyway, I will be using THIS recipe!