Shepherd's Pie with Ground Beef & Creamed Corn
Shepherd’s pie is the ultimate comfort food. Flavorful ground beef and gravy, topped with creamed corn and velvety mashed potatoes, all baked together in one dish. This is a great recipe that your entire family will love!
Equipment
- 2 quart baking dish or casserole dish
Ingredients
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup yellow onion (1/2 a medium onion) finely chopped
- 1 cup carrot finely diced
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 5 medium potatoes peeled and cut into chunks
- 2 tsp flour gluten-free or regular
- 1 tbsp ketchup
- 1 cup low-sodium beef broth
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 cups creamed corn (or a 14-oz can)
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add a teaspoon of olive oil to a large skillet and fry the diced onions and carrots over medium heat until they start to brown.
- Add the ground beef to the skillet and use your spatula to break up the meat and combine it with the carrot and onion mixture. Stir often, just until the beef is cooked through.
- While the beef is browning, start the water boiling for your potatoes. They will boil while you simmer the beef and gravy in the next step.
- Add the flour, ketchup and beef broth to the skillet and stir well to combine. Bring to a low simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. A lovely gravy will form in the pan.
- When the beef is done simmering, taste it. Does it need salt or pepper? Chances are it won’t need salt because of the salt in the beef broth, but there’s a good chance you may want to add some ground pepper.
- Once your potatoes are fork-tender, drain them and mash them well with a tablespoon of butter. It’s important that the potatoes are mashed to the point of being creamy so you can spread them on top of the shepherd’s pie.
- Pour the hot beef and gravy mixture into your baking dish and spread it out evenly over the bottom.Top the meat layer with a creamed corn layer.Then top the creamed corn layer with your mashed potatoes. See the Recipe Tips and Tricks section for how I spread out the potatoes without disturbing the layers below.Use the back of a spoon to smooth out any crack or holes in the potatoes so the filling doesn’t bubble out all over the top of your pie.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 400 F until the top starts to turn golden brown and the filling is bubbling. This will take around 30 minutes.
Notes
Use at least 90% lean ground beef to avoid needing to drain off a lot of fat If the top of your shepherd's pie isn’t browning, but the filling is getting very bubbly, you can turn the broiler on high for a few minutes to brown the potatoes.