REAL ENGLISH SHEPHERDS PIE
 
1 onion, diced
1 tablespoon olive oil
500g  lamb or beef minced
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 large carrot, diced
1 beef stock cube
1 420g can chopped tomatoes
1 tablespoon corn flour
3 tablespoons tomato puree
pinch of salt and pepper
1 kg. potatoes
1 stick butter
This is how to make a real English shepherds pie, made with lamb. If made with beef, it would be known as cottage pie. 
Firstly, heat the olive oil in a pan, add the onion, garlic and carrot and cook until soft. Add minced lamb and stock cube, cook until the mince is brown and shows a crumbly texture. Stir in the tomatoes and tomato puree , if you don’t have puree a dash of  tomatoe sauce works fine . Add the corn flour. Leave to simmer, stirring occasionally, for about fifteen minutes, or until thickened. 
Meanwhile, peel and chop potatoes and boil until soft, then mash them with the butter and salt and pepper to taste. 
Put the filling into a deep dish, then top with the mashed potatoes and grated cheese. Put in the oven  and bake at 180c  until the top is starting to brown  
I  hope you  Enjoy! … Cheers …….Paul