Cottage Pie Recipe

In honor of St. Patricks Day Im sharing with you a wonderful and hearty dinner recipe mostly made from meat and potatoes. Cottage pie, a very popular and common dish from the late 1700s is made from a potato crust and seasoned beef. Its familiar but younger (1877) cousin, Shepherd's pie, is a very similar dish except made with lamb. Many people confused the two pies and think of them synonymously with each other.   Both types of meat pies originated from Ireland and the UK where the dish was considered a peasants meal because it was an economic way to use leftover roasted meat. Pair this dish with a nice side salad and a nice slice of Irish Soda Bread and you have the perfect family meal to savor on a cold winters evening. This comfort food dish can easily be divided between two pie plates, baked, and then frozen so you can have a second meal in the freezer when needed. And if there are leftovers, this dish is just as wonderful the next day.   Happy St. Patricks Day!

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