Shepherd’s Pie – (made 12/12/15)

For the first time, I’m not going to post the recipe for this week’s pie… because I forgot to write it down, and now it’s been almost a month since I made it. Sigh.

Honestly, I’m not too sad about it. It was good enough, but not a stand-out. I riffed on this recipe, and I recall that I used a bottle of winter stout in place of the broth, and I omitted the peas per the tastes of The Husband. Which is fair enough, because I think he was a bigger fan of this pie than I was.

Really, the most interesting point for me is this: is it a pie if it doesn’t have a crust? Informal facebook poll says yes, but I still have doubts, because if not for the crust, what are the essential constituents of a pie? Clearly, it didn’t bother me that much: I made this for Week 13 and called it good. And then forgot to write down the recipe.