I'm making shepherd's pie today

[moroccangirl]

Usually the spuds come out a bit hard after freezing but still nice.

We never have left overs of shepherds or sepherdess's pie (veggy version). It's also nice cold for breakfast.

I dont think I could eat it cold.

[nadra24]

Hm, maybe it would work better to freeze the filling separately from the mashed potatoes?  That way you could reheat the potatoes with a little bit of milk and their texture would be better than if it were pre-assembled.  That probably kind of defeats the purpose of making it ahead to pull out of the freezer on a busy night though.

[Natasha]

Schwan's sells Shepherd's pie. It's the first one I ever ate. And it is definitely packaged with the mashed potatoes piped like frosting on top. I bet the secret is to make the potatoes lighter than usual.

[moroccangirl]

We still have two of those tiny loaf pans in the freezer. I'll probably take one out later this week and heat it up and see how it tastes. Even though everything in it is cooked I froze it before doing the last baking of it.

[wombleatwimbledon]

I thought it was cottage pie    I really want to try a lentil version now

me too

[Alf Tupper]

I've only ever heard of it having beef as well. Funny.

Shepherd's pie - lamb

Cottage pie - beef

The clue's in the name!!   

[Natasha]

Shepherd's pie - lamb

Cottage pie - beef

The clue's in the name!!   

Sure it makes sense when you put it like that. I've never heard of a cottage pie here though.. Probably because people would think they had cottage cheese in them.