Do you make the classic pie? With ground beef or lamb? I made some last winter but the vegetarian kind with plant-based crumble instead of real meat and it was quite good.
@Ontheroad An English friend once told me that lamb is what differentiates Shepherd’s Pie from Cottage Pie, which uses beef. But I know here, most commercial dishes marketed as "Shepherd’s Pie" use ground beef. I don’t eat lamb, so I’ve never tried my friend’s.
Here there’s a dish called tamale pie that includes taco-seasoned ground beef, corn, chopped tomatoes and peppers (I use mild ones), cheese. The pie shell is yellow corn bread. I suspect it may be a Southwest take on Shepherd/Cottage Pie, but it’s also good as comfort food.
