Can anybody tell me where shepherds pie originated from?!
Answers: Want to know where the dish originated from
It's British (and I make the best one... but don't tell my wife!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherd's_...
Scotland perhaps ??
I think British. England
Could be anywhere, it is typically suppose to be a dish made from leaftovers, I assume from shepards which tend to rfer to sheep that it proable originated in England, New Zealand, Australia, well hell it could be anywhere
I think the British Isles but I could be wrong.
Shepherd's pie is a traditional English dish that consists of a bottom layer of minced (ground) meat covered with mashed potato and optionally a layer of cheese.
The mince is traditionally lamb (hence Shepherd) although in North America it is often made with minced (ground) beef which is also known as a cottage pie. In Britain, 'shepherd's pie' is always made with lamb, and 'cottage pie' always with beef. The mince layer is made by frying the meat in oil with finely chopped onions (and sometimes also with garlic, chopped carrots, peas or other vegetables, and herbs such as rosemary or oregano). It is then simmered in stock, tomato puree and sometimes wine. Once this is done, the mash layer can be added, and the entire pie is baked in the oven until golden and preferably crisp.
Ireland
I once read in a very old cookery book that shepherds pie was once called Saunders Pie and made out of chunks of lamb and not mince. Apparently they thought that the original shepherd was a Mr Saunders from Herefordshire. It could have been a Victorian wind up though.
Have you tried researching any further in the world wide web than just an answers board? I only ask as this is where total strangers may, (or may not) have a credible answer.
Britain
England I think
It's made of lamb, with a mashed potato top
Cottage pie is made with beef with a mashed potato top.