I've made this a couple times now. It's a good base recipe. I add lots of sage. And last time, it was really good when I added a layer of cheese on top of the beef when assembling the casserole. It's too dry otherwise. It would probably be good with some brown gravy instead of cheese.

Good but slightly bland. Could be given more flavor with some additions, including minced garlic, diced green bell peppers, and diced celery. Simmering after adding a half cup of inexpensive red wine can also give an added dimension to the flavor if you do not object to cooking with wine.

To make it simpler, you can use instant potatoes. Also, instead of peas, I put in green beans (just for something different). And, the best tip...add a little shredded Chedder on during the last five minutes of so...delicious!

The nutmeg added a touch of flavor that really made the pie taste great!

I made this recipe as is. I was a little skeptical about the nutmeg but was glad I followed the recipe and didn't improvise because the taste was wonderful. A great comfort food meal.

My family liked this a lot. I will make it again. I did use a can of beef broth and poured about 1/2 the can over the mixture before topping with the mashed potatoes. Also, I mixed all the vegies with the meat and added fresh corn from the cob. Delicious!

Good starting recipe. Kind of bland. After making this recipe a few times I decided to change a few things so people didn't have to use so much ketchup to make it taste better. I added more potatoes, more butter, and a can of beef gravy. It makes it creamier and gives it more flavor.

I made half the recipe to produce two individual (rather large) crocks. I'm not sure how the original recipe would feed 16! I added 2T onion and 1 clove garlic to the ground beef. I added about 1 teaspoon each nutmeg, sage, salt, pepper. I thought that it still needed more sage. I used leftover mashed potatoes for convenience. Overall a very good recipe. Next time I will use ground lamb.

not bad, but too much work for not enough flavor...

I thought this was way too onion-y and I only used 2 onions instead of the 3. My husband loved it, but I didn't think it was that good. We will try other recipes. Thanks, though!

I enjoyed this dish very much. There were some slight changes I made to suit our family. I used ground turkey instead, as we do not eat much red meat. I sauteed garlic with the onion in a little bit of olive oil with the paprika. For my herbs I used the ginger, chili powder, some sea salt and marjoram. I also added a can of diced tomatoes to the mixture. I then sauteed a frogen variety pkg of corn, green beans, peas and carrots. Added beef broth and flour. When I added the mashed potatoes, I put some French's french fried onions on top. Came out great! Thank you.

Turned out yummy thanks to previous reviews that suggested making a gravy and adding garlic and ginger to the meat.

I did a combination of all the reviews added some garlic to the mashed potatoes, I took a pack of brown gravy mix a pack of onion soup mix and some water and flour and mixed it with the grease from my meat to make a gravy. Then I put cheese on some of it because cheese didnt seem like it would go well with this meal but definately liked the cheese.

This was o.k. My husband and I wanted to try a shepherd's Pie...I just don't think it is our thing.

I didn't have nutmeg or sage; but it was really good none the less.

I found it to be quite tasteless, but a quite basic shepherd's pie.

My husband and I agreed that this recipe was bland. It needed more flavor. Next time, I'm going to try it with the gravy that some of the other reviewers suggested.

I thought this recipe was very good. I lived in Ireland for a year and this what shepherd's pie tastes like. I love the idea of the potatoes on the bottom very good. Just a reminder don't omit the spices esp the nutmeg it was so good.