This Simple Swap Will Change The Way You Make Shepherd's Pie - Tasting Table

"Few dishes will ever achieve the comfort food status of shepherd's pie: savory ground beef cooked with aromatics and veggies, a gravy-like sauce made with beef broth and tomato paste, and creamy mashed potatoes on top. It hits all the comfort food notes. However, it can be time-consuming to make. The process of peeling and cutting potatoes, boiling them, then mashing and spreading them on your ground meat mixture before baking means you could spend over an hour total bringing together a relatively simple dish."

"A fun and quicker swap to try is using french fries instead of mashed potatoes. Shepherd's pie with french fries might sound strange at first, but this is essentially just another version of loaded fries. The great thing about potatoes, whether mashed or fried, is that they are versatile. It's incredibly difficult to find something that wouldn't taste fantastic perched on a french fry."

Shepherd's pie pairs savory ground beef cooked with aromatics and vegetables with a gravy-like sauce of beef broth and tomato paste and a creamy mashed potato topping, creating a classic comfort dish. Preparing peeled, boiled, and mashed potatoes extends total prepping time, often exceeding an hour. Substituting french fries for the mashed potato layer dramatically reduces prep and cooking time because fries can be baked or fried much faster than boiling and mashing potatoes. The meat, vegetable, and gravy preparation remains unchanged and can be spooned over fries. The approach is highly customizable: adjust gravy thickness, vegetable quantity, or omit vegetables for a meat-and-gravy version, and experiment with additional toppings.

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