A Scotsman's Shepherd Pie

Ingredients

• 5 cups mashed , boiled potatoes
• 0.5 cups sour cream
• 2 ounces cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons butter , softened, divided
• 1 egg yolk
• 0.5 teaspoons kosher salt
• 0.5 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 1.5 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 pound ground lamb
• 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 , 16 ounce
• 1 small onion , chopped
• 1 small carrot , peeled and chopped
• 0.5 cups peas
• 1 cup Irish stout beer , such as Guinness®
• 1 cube beef bouillon
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 0.75 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley
• 2 teaspoons smoked paprika

Instructions

1. 1

   Stir potatoes, sour cream, cream cheese, 1 tablespoon butter, egg yolk, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper together in a bowl until smooth.

2. 2

   Heat olive oil in a cast iron skillet or nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add ground lamb, reduce heat to medium, and cook, stirring frequently, until browned and crumbly, 4 to 5 minutes. Pour off excess grease and season lamb with salt and black pepper to taste.

3. 3

   Stir tomatoes with juice, onion, and carrot into ground lamb; simmer until vegetables are tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Add peas, reduce heat to low, and cook, stirring frequently, until peas are warmed, 2 to 3 minutes.

4. 4

   Heat beer in a saucepan over medium heat; add beef bouillon. Cook and stir beer mixture until bouillon is dissolved, about 5 minutes.

5. 5

   Heat remaining 1 tablespoon butter in a separate pan over medium-low heat until sizzling. Whisk flour into butter until thick and paste-like, about 1 minute. Stir beer mixture and Worcestershire sauce into flour mixture until gravy is smooth and thickened, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir gravy into lamb mixture and simmer until mixture is thickened, at least 5 minutes.

6. 6

   Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Grease a 9x12-inch baking dish.

7. 7

   Pour lamb mixture into the prepared baking dish. Carefully spoon mashed potatoes over lamb mixture, covering like a crust. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese, parsley, and paprika over mashed potatoes.

8. 8

   Broil in the preheated oven until crust is browned and cheese is melted, 4 to 5 minutes. Cool for about 5 minutes before serving.