Years ago I used to make a potato-topped dish using cooked and minced up lamb/mutton. I always thought it was called Shepherd's or Cottage Pie but all the recipes I find on google refer to using fresh mince. What was I making back then?! TIA.
laspaz,
May 27, 12:26am
I think cottage is beef and shepherds is lamb/mutton?
I assume the other ingredients are the same. I have been making cottage today. I like rosemary in the mash, and plenty of wine in the meat part.
kaddiew,
May 27, 12:33am
In the 50s and 60s my mother did the same with left over roast lamb or hogget, and she always referred to it as Shepherd's Pie.
glynsmum,
May 27, 12:39am
ooo lovely I like to add a oxtail soup to my cottage pie tasty.
junie2,
May 27, 1:44am
Thanks peeps. So maybe no one does that cooked-meat one anymore? Sometimes it had a topping like the batter used for Yorkshire pudding. I used to cook for shearers ( mutton was large part of diet ) and it was always well rec'd. At home the kids loved it. I had the old mincer permanently screwed to the bench in those days!
sarahb5,
May 27, 3:06am
I still make shepherds pie with leftover roast lamb and cottage pie with leftover roast beef - I don't really have a recipe for either though
aisling8,
May 27, 4:39am
Shepherds Pie is made with leftover meat (any). On the farm we have huge roasts that are cooked for the shepherds - hence any left over turned into Shepherds Pie. Cottage Pie is usually made with fresh meat - mostly done with mince.
sarahb5,
May 27, 4:40am
That's your tradition but it's not mine
hd07,
May 27, 7:38am
Shepherds = sheep Cottage = beef
Whether you use fresh or pre cooked is irrelevant. If it's sheep it's shepherd and beef is cottage.
mjhdeal,
May 27, 6:26pm
Pie made with leftover lamb is the best! If you use search terms like 'shepherd's pie leftover lamb', you will find recipes without fresh mince. Like this one:
Yes, that's the sort, thanks mjhdeal. I dug out some ancient recipe books in the end, and that is the basic recipe. There is no mention of beef or raw mince/meat at all. . Old Aunt Daisy book has Shepherd's Pie similar to above ( with mashed potato on top ) and Cottage Pie basically the same meat mix, but with pancake batter on top.
harrislucinda,
Jul 1, 1:03pm
Never heard of cottage pie with a batter on top only know both have mashed spuds
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