I absolutely love Shepards Pie - this is the British version, the original version.

Shepherds pie is with lamb ,this is a cottage pie

It’s Shepards pie in the States

Ok but you said you're making the British one, British one is with made with lamb mince

How do you know that’s not ground lamb? It looks fatty enough to be lamb

@thefelourfog I can smell that's beef!

@thefelourfog It’s lamb

Everyone nitpicking about the name, but few commenting on how delicious this dish must be.

Right on 👍- everyone is a professional chef in the comments

@bradley_tindall Yes looks delicious but you dont call a chicken korma a lamb vindaloo. Get it right from the beginning if you care about the food you are creating. Etymology is important - sloppiness is no get-out clause for ignorance.

@bradley_tindall It’s not my recipe and that’s lamb he’s using - to us here in America it’s shepherds pie. I don’t bitch when the Brit’s call soccer football 😉 It’s really not that big of a deal

@DencerHyde @bradley_tindall You literally called it the British version of Shepherd’s Pie. Now you’re saying all the Brits saying it is actually a Cottage Pie are wrong? Ok. 🥲 Yanks still wrong and strong.

@DencerHyde @bradley_tindall You’re not that bright are you? For one it’s lamb , second all I said is we don’t say cottage pie in America. You’re low IQ is probably why us yanks have beaten you in almost everything 😉

@moak1976 That looked like ground beef not lamb, which makes this a “Cottage Pie” not Shepard’s.

@moak1976 In America it’s shepherds pie - and it looks like lamb to me

@chris_poland11 @moak1976 But it’s a British dish as said by yourself, so how is, what it is in America relevant?

@chris_poland11 @moak1976 We have different terminology for things here - it’s really not that big of a deal is it? 😂

@chris_poland11 @moak1976 Well yes because ur talking about a specific dish that’s not even American

@chris_poland11 @moak1976 Who cares 😂- it’s delicious. Don’t talk about pizza or anything ok ? That’s not British 🤦‍♂️

@chris_poland11 @moak1976 Well pizza isn’t American either fyi

@chris_poland11 @moak1976 No shit

That looks like minced beef, and so that would make it a cottage pie, and I have never had a shepherd's pie that included garlic and celery, although by way of doing a quick Google I can see some people now add both. This is more of an original recipe:

It’s not my recipe, but I appreciate all the experts in the comments 😂

Yeah, I guessed that when I googled and got a shock to find many now recommend adding garlic and celery. Make it how you like it, but be aware the Brits will take issue if it's not traditional, as they don't have much food to brag about, and so what they do have they protect.

This is most definitely NOT it - the clue is there in the name - they don’t herd cows they herd sheep. Even allowing for it being a cottage pie, that’s not how cottage pie is made in Britain. Major fail

Beef is easier for most Americans- lamb meat isn’t as common here as it is there.

So admit you’re making a cottage pie then. You can’t say “oh this is the original, the British version” and then use the wrong meat! It becomes demonstrably NOT original not British if you don’t use lamb

Even if that is shepherds pie, the recipe is so wrong, what this is, is basically a bolognese pie

Thank you Chef

Getting the name wrong is fine It's the "this is the British version, the original version" that is fucking people off You like this version of cottage pie - don't pontificate about knowing what's British and what's original and you can be forgiven for getting the protein wrong

The original shepherd's pie was traditionally made with lamb or mutton, but the earliest versions of the dish weren't necessarily restricted to one type of meat. And you don’t know that’s not lamb 😉

Anyone who cooks can tell the difference between minced pork, lamb, beef, turkey, you name it. I have pork, lamb and beef in the fridge right now.

Oh dear, how is it possible to get such a simple dish so wrong. Seems to me more ingredients that don't belong in Shepard's pie than do, - starting with beef. There's a clue in the name.

How do you know that’s not ground lamb? Looks fatty enough to be lamb

Garlic and celery in a shepherds pie….. FFS….🤦🏼‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

My Grandma used beef, too. She called it Shepherd's pie, her Mom and my Mom call it Shepherd's pie so I call it Shepherd's pie. I think most Americans that know what it is do as well. We use ground beef, though.

Exactly - I’ve never heard it called cottage pie in America and I’m 51 years old. Also beef is a lot more convenient for us to get and use.

A Yank cook gets another British recipe wrong and spells it wrongly too. 🙄

That’s cottage pie

Who cares what it’s called. It’s delicious!

Incorrect. No garlic. No celery. No tomato purée. It’s also spelled Shepherd’s Pie.

And here's the original fish and chips 😂😂

WHO THE FK PUTS CELERY IN SHEPHERDS PIE ?? 🙀🫣🤮

Oh my goodness. This comment section is showing the absolute worst of the internet. You should be ashamed. This gentlemen provided you with high quality, well edited, cooking in the kitchen and you slam him for the wrong word, or incorrect spelling. I certainly hope you are all three hatted chefs... Well done to the creator, you are showing a dying art of real cooking. Thank you.

as said below, Shepherds pie is lamb & not beef, that's cottage pie. Although, I love cottage & shephards pie, so not a big deal. But where is the celery from, no celery, it's peas... if it's British. I top mine with cheddar🥰

Nobody in the states calls it cottage pie - nobody and it’s not my recipe

& it's a British recipe...🇬🇧 Nobody in the states knows how to make a Spanish Paella, but I'm not in the States, I'm a Brit living in Spain. I listen to those from that country, how to make food from that country☺️🇪🇸

That is not Shepard’s pie. Shepard’s pie should be made with left over lamb from the Sunday roast coarsely ground through your Granny’s old fashioned, bench mounted, meat mincer. (Lamb mince will do at a pinch.)

>this is the British version ...adds garlic. WTF?

A shepherd would not have had access to red wine, garlic or celery...

It looks beautiful, BUT, this isn’t the original British version. (I’d say an improvement and one I’ll try, but not original) xx

Shepherds pie and Cottage pie doesn't have red wine or Garlic in, It was made with left over meat from Sunday's roast.

Are you sure that's not a cottage pie? Looks like ground beef

Shepherd, not Shepard, for fucks sake

Phone auto corrected on me but thank you Grammar Karen

He may have gotten the name wrong but his intent was to give credit to the British for the original version.

My phone auto spelled it that way and I didn’t notice until it was too late

Thats cottage pie, shepherds pie is lamb hence the name shepherd

Nobody calls it cottage pie in the States - nobody

@Chevalierkgb Well its the wrong name if they are using beef.

@Chevalierkgb Not in America

@Chevalierkgb Still wrong…its as if you called moussaka lasagne

@Chevalierkgb Thank you expert chefs- appreciate it

That’s a cottage pie as others have pointed out. It’s an interesting version but it’s 100% not ‘original’. You’ve Frenchified it with a mirepoix, garlic & wine. ‘Original’ British shepherds pie absolutely never had any of that. And peas are served WITH. Never in. Fresh herbs too.

Cottage pie is with beef. Shepherd’s pie (sheep herder) is lamb :)

What was the point of oiling and seasoning the potatoes, the skins were discarded! We peel boil and mash!

As a Brit, no it ain’t! No carrots, no celery, no garlic or herbs and defo no red wine!! And you boil the potatoes.

A shepherd looks after SHEEP, so all shepherds pie is with lamb, everywhere in the world. If you exchange lamb for beef, it becomes cottage pie. Also, fisherman's pie has got fish in it.

The oldest references call it cottage pie, then sanders/saunders, then shepherds (not shepards) pie. It referred to minced or sliced meat (veal, beef or mutton) cooked with onion and gravy, topped with mashed potato, then baked. The addition of Worchestershire sauce, herbs, other vegetables, and cheese are certainly not traditional, even if they're yummier and healthier.

We call it shepherds pie in America, nobody calls it cottage pie and does it really matter? It’s delicious and who would have thought a shepherds pie video would be so controversial- crazy 😂

Well good job on the engagement bait! 😁👍

This is not a shepherd's pie. This is just your personal version of it!

Not my version not my recipe- but here in America we call it shepherds pie