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Shepherd’s pie is a filling dish made of minced lamb covered with a crust of mashed potatoes. Basically, this pie is simple fare, but there is more to this dish than meets the eye. While this dish is sometimes referred to as nursery fare, it is said that no less than Tory grandee and bestselling author Jeffrey Archer serves it with champagne when he holds receptions.

A Pie Steeped in History

Purists insist that you have to use lamb when you make this dish; if you use beef, what you get is cottage pie. Food historians believe the name shepherd’s pie appeared only in 1877, a few years after the invention of the mincing machine. Prior to that, chunks of meat may have been used as filling. [Read more…]

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