James Martin changes one ingredient in shepherd's pie to make it the 'best ever'

James Martin changes one ingredient in shepherd's pie to make it the 'best ever' (Image: Getty) A staple in many households, shepherd's pie is easy to experiment with by adding more vegetables to the filling or even swapping white potatoes for sweet ones on top. British chef James Martin has another suggestion, to substitute lamb mince for something even better. Sharing the recipe from his popular cooking show, James Martin's Saturday Morning , the chef described it as the "best ever shepherd's pie".

He said: "Slow cooked lamb, a creamy mash topping and beautiful, sweet, buttery vichy carrots! Perfection!" function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.setAttribute('src','https://live.

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