Year of the Pie - Pie #16 Cottage Pie

Pie # 16
Cottage Pie
a.k.a Shepherd's Pie

Wikipedia tells us that Shepherd's Pie was originally known as Cottage Pie. It is a meat pie with a 'crust' of mashed potatoes. But then somehow it got associated with shepherds/sheep, etc. The meat used in England is generally mutton or lamb (sheep meat).
Well, here in Indiana, we used ground Angus meat.
I was on my morning walk the other day and I was wondering how to use up some extra mashed potatoes. I vaguely remember something about mashed potatoes in a pie. I looked up shepherd's pie at Allrecipes.com and it gave me about a trillion different variations of it. I combined a few of the ingredients from different posts and came up with this version.

1 pound ground beef fried up with a chopped onion and drained
1 can of cream of mushroom soup
1 T. Worcestershire sauce
1 15 ounce can of corn, drained
Mix the above together and spread into a pie plate. (by using a pie plate it help justify a Year of the Pie post )

Shred 1 C. of sharp cheddar cheese and layer it on top of the mixture, then top with 2 C. mashed potatoes.

Bake at 350° for about 35-45 minutes or until taters are toasty brown.

We three rated it . (husband,me, Maggie -hers wasn't a thumbs up or down-so I gave it a 'it could be eaten if need be' face)

Until Next Time.