Easy Shepherd’s Pie Casserole With Ground Beef And Probiotics

The original Shepherd’s Pie casserole recipe is baked with lamb and a generous mixture of green peas, corn and carrots.  The meat filling is then topped with a crust of creamy mashed potatoes. This recipe is calling to be served on a table during any season. 

Why Is It Called Shepherd’s Pie?

Traditions go deep and far in time. In Ireland, England and Scotland, a pie made with ground meat and potatoes was called a Cottage pie. In early 1800 hundreds, when the same recipe was made with lamb meat, it began known as Shepherd’s Pie. The shepherds herding sheep had a quick access to the lamb meet vs beef or chicken or turkey.

Each area of where a Shepherd’s Pie was made was known for some originality: some used more peas in the filling; some opted for more mashed potatoes. Depending on season and time in history – war or famine – a Shepherd’s Pie recipe has been going through its transformation. What stayed unchanged is a principle of baking this recipe with readily available food ingredients.

How Do I Make Easy Shepherd’s Pie?

I love to experiment with my recipes! This recipe is made with ground turkey and a generous amount of probiotics. You may be so surprised reading this now. But if you continue, you will find it not only intriguing, but also easy to bake.

You may or may not be familiar with KEFIR. It is a Russian fermented milk product that has a myriad of benefits supplied by probiotics in it. Yes, kefir is nothing but a powerful stand-alone food that makes your gut a happy place for friendly-to-your-body bugs, called gut flora. Kefir populates these good for you bugs into your body, so you could have a better well-being every day. These bugs have a longer name – probiotics.

Study after study in the past decades have proved the benefits of probiotics for our immune system overall. Probiotics are an integral part of the system that reduces overall inflammation in our bodies. I grew up consuming kefir, sour kraut, kvass and many other fermented foods rich in probiotic power. Cooking with these foods was a second nature to me.

Today, I would like to offer you a fast, yet an amazingly delicious recipe that has the elements of a shepherd’s pie and a casserole in one, hence the name for this recipe.

You will be surprised at the final result, and would like to have it as your staple recipe for quick dinners and even brunch events.

Kefir Is the Key Ingredient for this Shepherd’s Pie Casserole

Easy Recipe With Simple Ingredients

The Dough for this Pie Casserole Should Be on the Liquid Side

The Baking of the Shepherd’s Pie Casserole is FAST

In about 30-35 minutes, you will have a beautiful, delicious and bursting with health benefits Shepherd’s Pie Casserole! The filling for this recipe could be versatile and up to your taste and personal preferences. Make it a vegetarian casserole. Use any meat like turkey, beef, chicken, lamb. Add some mashed potatoes on top of meat prior to pouring the kefir over your casserole. Lots of choices, and lots of different tastes you can create with this versatile Shepherd’s Pie recipe.

Do You Put Cheese on Top of Shepherd’s Pie?

In the original Irish recipe years ago, cheese was not in the recipe. These days, if you feel like savoring your Shepherd’s Pie Casserole with your favorite cheese – go for it! Sprinkle cheese over the top of the casserole about five minutes before you take Shepherd’s Pie out of the oven. You’ll enjoy a deliciously appetizing dinner!

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Shepherd’s Pie Casserole With Ground Beef & Probiotics

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 cups kefir
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
Filling
• 2 cups ground beef or ground turkey
• 1 cup onions, diced
• Salt, pepper to taste
• 1 tsp turmeric

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 375 F (190 C)
2. In a large bowl or measuring cup, combine and mix all ingredients. I like to transfer my liquid recipe mass into a cup for easier pouring over ingredients in the pan.
3. In a bowl, spice the ground meat with salt, pepper and spices you like.
4. Use olive oil to grease a baking pan.
5. Inside the pan, layer ground turkey (or any other meat filling) on the bottom of the pan.
6. Follow with a layer of thinly sliced onions. I use mandolin to truly achieve a thin layer of onions. Cover the entire turkey meat with these onions.
7. Use turmeric to sprinkle over the onions. I use this spice to add anti-inflammatory benefits of this plant. Feel free to skip it, if you don’t have it on your shelf. FYI: Turmeric is almost tasteless and has very soft aroma which does not interfere with your cooking and tastebuds.
8. Pour liquid ingredients over the layers of turkey and onions and places into the oven.
9. Bake for about 30 minutes.
10. When ready, enjoy each slice while it is warm or cooled.
11. It stores well in the refrigerator in a ceramic or class container.

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