Gordon Ramsay's Shepherd's Pie

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 42.

	this recipe	typical
dairy	6%	5%
aromatics	20%	28%
salt	2%	1%
liquid	58%	42%
vegetables and beans	80%	145%

Where it stands out

• #5 of 42 for moistness

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

907 g	2 lbs extra lean ground beef (or lamb)
27 g	2 tablespoons olive oil
150 g	1 large onion, grated
61 g	1 large carrot, grated
9 g	3 garlic cloves, finely minced
32 g	2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
25 g	1 1/2 tablespoons tomato paste
2 g	1 teaspoon thyme
2 g	1 teaspoon chopped rosemary
236 g	1 cup red wine
680 g	1 1/2 lbs yukon gold potatoes, peeled and quartered
	water
3 g	1/2 teaspoon salt
60 g	1/4 cup heavy cream or 1/4 cup half-and-half cream
28 g	2 tablespoons butter
	salt
240 g	1 cup chicken broth
12 g	2 teaspoons salt (to taste)
19 g	3 tablespoons parmesan cheese (grated-for mashed potato topping)

Method: 9 steps, published by www.food.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Well, I HAD to try this. I love Gordon Ramsay, and my DH loves Shepherds Pie. He saw this episode also, and really wanted me to give it a go. So I used ground beef, don't think I could get lamb into my teenagers with a shoe horn! I did end up making quite a fe” — a cook, 4.0★

“I followed this recipe as written and I ran into a few problems. First, the mashed potatoes were like a giant, hard blob. I had to add another 2 Tbsp of butter and another half cup of milk (on top of the cream) to get them to resemble the texture of mashed pot” — a cook, 4.0★