Mrs Bailey’s Shepherd’s Pie

“Shepherd’s pie peppered with actual shepherd on top…”

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For the avoidance of doubt: if it’s made with minced/ground lamb, it’s a shepherd’s pie. If with beef, it’s a cottage pie. If with a mix of both, I guess it’s a shepherd’s cottage pie, or something. If you make it with fish in a white sauce, that would be a fish pie. If you make it with whole fish, their heads & tails poking out of a pastry crust, then that…