Dutch Oven Shepherd’s Pie is the ultimate comfort food, packed with veggies, ground beef, and topped with creamy mashed potatoes. PLUS: enter to win your very own Finex 5-Quart Cast Iron Dutch Oven with Lid + 10″ Skillet!
When you think of comfort food, what comes to mind?
For some it’s a big bowl of thick, creamy soup or hearty chili on a cold night. For others, it’s indulging in once-in-a-while food, like loaded pub chips or loaded pulled pork nachos on Game Day.
Shepherd’s Pie is one of those dishes that definitely falls under the Comfort Food Recipe category for me.
Dutch Oven Shepherd’s Pie
I like to make a classic shepherd’s pie in a Dutch Oven. This one goes straight from stovetop to oven to table, thanks to the gorgeous Finex 5-Quart Dutch Oven you see in these photos (read on for my giveaway!).
This is the best shepherd’s pie recipe: hearty and satisfying, and packed with veggies and protein. I use the classic combo of carrots, peas, celery, and corn. You can almost add any of your fave other veggies to this dish. Just make sure you chop the veggies up to a uniform size and shape so that they all cook evenly.
One-pot meals like this are some of my favorites during busy weeknights. But they also make amazing dishes to bring to potlucks and holiday gatherings.
Sure you can add a side salad, but you can also just enjoy a serving of this shepherd’s pie with a glass of wine by the fireplace, and it’s allllll good.
Finex Cast Iron Dutch Oven + Skillet GIVEAWAY ($475 value)
Love the look of this awesome Finex dutch oven seen here, and the cast iron skillet I used in my recent Skillet Apple Cranberry Crisp recipe? Trust me: you’ll also LOVE to cook with them, too — and you can enter to win a set!
I’m so excited to be partnering with Finex to give away a 5-Quart Cast Iron Dutch Oven with Lid PLUS a 10″ Cast Iron Skillet (the lid fits both!). This Cast Iron Dutch Oven + 10″ Skillet Duo is normally priced at $475.
HOW TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY: Simply follow me @UrbanBlissLife and @FinexCookware, then go to my Instagram post featuring this Shepherd’s Pie, tag a friend, and leave a comment.
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Good luck! I absolutely LOVE the Finex Cast Iron Cookware pieces that I have and use them almost daily. I know you will love them, too!
Dutch Oven Shepherd’s Pie Recipe
Classic Shepherd's Pie
Ingredients
Shepherd's Pie Filling
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 lb ground beef
- 1 cup yellow onion, finely diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1-1/2 cups beef broth
- 2 cups carrots, peeled and chopped into 1" pieces (about 3 large carrots)
- 1 cup peas, fresh or frozen
- 1 cup corn, fresh or frozen
- 1 cup celery, chopped (2 stalks)
- 1 tsp oregano leaves (fresh or dried)
- 1 tsp thyme (fresh or dried)
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup water
Mashed Potato Topping
- 4 large baking potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup milk (I use almond milk; you can use any milk you prefer)
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the beef, onion, garlic, salt and pepper, and cook for about 5 minutes, until the beef has browned.
- Add the broth, carrots, peas, corn, celery, oregano and thyme. Stir and cook on medium heat, uncovered, for five minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low. In a small bowl, combine flour and water until well blended, then pour over the filling in the dutch oven. Stir together. Reduce heat to low, and cover.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and then make the mashed potato topping.
- Add potatoes to a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, and boil until potatoes are fork tender, about 12-13 minutes. Drain potatoes and return to the pot.
- Add the butter and mash potatoes until smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Remove the Dutch oven with the filling from the heat, and top with the mashed potatoes, smoothing into an even topping layer.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° F for about 30 minutes. To create a slightly browned, slightly crisp top, turn on the broiler at the end of the 30 minutes and broil for about 5 minutes. Watch the oven to make sure the top doesn't burn.
- Serve immediately.
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Disclosure: I partnered with Finex Cookware for this giveaway. As always, all opinions and photos are my own.
Looks like a great recipe. I m on Keto and i think i can use this for keto as well. Thanks for the share.
Glad you enjoyed the post! Thanks! :)
Love it. Cast iron fanatic
Love the post, and I would love to win.
That Finex cast iron is so darn dreamy! I need some of those in my life!
The dish looks very appetizing. Would love to make it . I better my tater tot hot dish would taste amazing in it.
Oh my, this looks heavenly! What a great recipe for a cold day too!
Yum! This time of year I crave warm, comforting foods like shepherd’s pie – but I’ve never made it in a Dutch oven like this Finex. My go-to comfort food is soup!
LOVE this cast iron!! I actually do not have one yet in my kitchen, so I would love to enter the giveaway!! Great recipe too! Perfect for this time of year!
-Madi xo
everydaywithmadirae.com
My family would LOVE this dish!
That looks so good. Its a nice and hearty meal for the cold weather.
What a gorgeous dutch oven! And this pie looks yummy!
I like chicken soup for my comfort food. The cast iron skillet is a good idea and would work well in my kitchen.
OMG this looks so yummy!! Shepherd’s Pie is one of my favourite foods, but I actually haven’t had it in a while! It’s so hard to find at restaurants here, and I can’t cook to save my life, lol. So thank you for the super easy to follow recipe, hopefully my attempt turns out alright!
My grandpa used to serve Shepard’s Pie I haven’t had it in years. I am going to try out your recipe and serve it to my kids. It is the perfect dinner to warm you up on cold nights. That pan is gorgeous too btw!
I absolutely love cast iron in any form. I am always cooking for a bigger crowd so I tend to prefer the bigger styles. This is a beautiful pan. I have never seen handles quite like that before.
Yum! We always make our’s in a casserole dish but we’re doing it your way next time! Gosh, it’s the best meal, right?
Very nice and great recipe. Would be a great addition to our cuisine.
This looks awesome and delicious!
Thanks Meghan!
I’ve just put mine in oven and realized I still have milk…. When do you add milk? How bad will this meal turn out?
Girl you better stop with this Shepherd’s Pie! Finally one with authentic and yummy ingredients even my finicky nieces will enjoy. Well done!
Going to give this recipe a try! Beautiful cast iron set 😍
How do we know how much flour and water to use ?? It does not say it anywhere in the recipe ???
2 tablespoons flour and 3/4 cup water. Just updated the recipe. Thanks for letting me know, Marybeth! :)
Your recipe says 4 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil. Only 2 tbsp is mentioned in the instructions. Please clarify, I was hoping to make this. Thanks.
Thanks for catching that, Maggie! It’s 2 tbsp olive oil. I just updated the recipe. Thanks!
Honest question, but with a deeper dutch oven style cast iron do you have trouble getting the slices out without them falling apart? Seems like it’d be hard to serve, although I’m sure it still tastes just as good!
Brian, that’s a good question. Personally, I am not a stickler for serving dishes like shepherd’s pie as slices – I scoop and serve :) But how it’s served also has to do with the serving utensil you use, so I’d use one with a wider base to grab more of the filling as a slice. Also, if you want the filling to stick together more, you could always try adding more cornstarch and less liquid, which would allow you to slice through it more and serve as slices. If you try this, let me know how it goes!
Odd question but have you had cream of mushroom soup to the mixture?
Hi Jessica! I don’t used canned soup in my recipes, and I don’t make cream of mushroom soup at home often, but if you do try it with this recipe, please let me know how it goes!
Made this tonight for dinner and after a few tweaks it was fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
So glad you liked it!
LOVE this recipe! I make it at least once a month. I use whatever meat we have left over (my husband loves to BBQ, so I have used brisket, pork, and rib meat! I think I’m going to try chicken with sweet potatoes on top next.
I am so excited right now after reading this! Thank you!
Currently making this seems soupy with the meat and vegetables is that normal?
I doubled the recipe & made this dish both vegan & gluten-free. For the ground beef, I substituted Gardein Beefless Grounds. For the beef broth, I used Better Than Boulion No Beef Base. Instead of the flour, I used arrowroot starch. It was my first time making shepherds pie & my first time using a dutch oven (mine holds 6 quarts). It turned out fantastic. My friends & I loved it.
I doubled the recipe & made this dish both vegan & gluten-free. For the ground beef, I substituted Gardein Beefless Grounds. For the beef broth, I used Better Than Boulion No Beef Base. Instead of the flour, I used arrowroot starch. I used oat milk instead of dairy milk because it is creamy. It was my first time making shepherds pie & my first time using a dutch oven (mine holds 6 quarts). It turned out fantastic. My friends & I loved it.