{"id":329,"date":"2011-11-30T20:17:10","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T20:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parrybaysheepfarm.com\/wordpress\/?p=329"},"modified":"2011-11-30T20:17:10","modified_gmt":"2011-11-30T20:17:10","slug":"lamb-or-mutton-shepherds-pie-with-cheddar-mashed-potatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parrybaysheepfarm.com\/wordpress\/2011\/lamb-or-mutton-shepherds-pie-with-cheddar-mashed-potatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamb or Mutton Shepherd&#8217;s Pie with Cheddar Mashed Potatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Yes, shepherds really <em>do<\/em>love Shepherd\u2019s Pie!)<\/p>\n<p>3 pounds of potatoes, peeled and quartered.<br \/>\n1 \u00bd pounds of ground lamb or mutton.<br \/>\n1 finely chopped medium onion.<br \/>\n1 &#8211; 2 finely chopped carrots.<br \/>\n1 &#8211; 2 cloves chopped fresh garlic or 1 tablespoon prepared minced garlic.<br \/>\n2 tablespoons flour.<br \/>\n1 teaspoon dried thyme.<br \/>\n1 can (1398 ml) tomato sauce.<br \/>\n\u00bd cup beef stock or red wine.<br \/>\n\u00bd cup each frozen corn and peas or 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables.<br \/>\nsalt and pepper to taste.<br \/>\n2 tablespoons melted butter.<br \/>\n\u00be cup buttermilk.<br \/>\n1 \u00bd cups of grated sharp Cheddar cheese.<\/p>\n<p>Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.<br \/>\nBoil the potatoes until very tender.<br \/>\nWhile the potatoes are cooking, cook the lamb or mutton in a pot until it is no longer pink.<br \/>\nDrain off the fat and add the onion, carrot, garlic, flour and thyme and cook for 5 minutes.<br \/>\nAdd the tomato sauce, stock or wine, corn and peas or mixed vegetables and cook until they are heated through.<br \/>\nSeason to taste with salt and pepper.<br \/>\nSpoon this mixture into a 9 x 13 inch casserole dish.<\/p>\n<p>When the potatoes are cooked, drain and mash them, adding the butter, buttermilk, 1 cup of the cheese, salt and pepper.\u00a0 Spread this over the lamb mixture.\u00a0 Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top and bake 45 minutes or until golden and bubbly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Yes, shepherds really dolove Shepherd\u2019s Pie!) 3 pounds of potatoes, peeled and quartered. 1 \u00bd pounds of ground lamb or mutton. 1 finely chopped medium onion. 1 &#8211; 2 finely chopped carrots. 1 &#8211; 2 cloves chopped fresh garlic or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/parrybaysheepfarm.com\/wordpress\/2011\/lamb-or-mutton-shepherds-pie-with-cheddar-mashed-potatoes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allrecipes","category-lamb-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parrybaysheepfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parrybaysheepfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parrybaysheepfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parrybaysheepfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parrybaysheepfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/parrybaysheepfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330,"href":"https:\/\/parrybaysheepfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parrybaysheepfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parrybaysheepfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parrybaysheepfarm.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}