How to Make Amazing Shepherd's Pie

8. Put Everything Into a Baking Dish

Lightly spray a 13” x 9” baking dish with non-stick spray. This will help with clean-up later. Some people choose to spoon some of the mashed potatoes in at this point and use a spatula to spread them around, so they form an even layer on the bottom of the baking dish. They then add the meat mixture on top of that. Others spoon the meat mixture directly into the dish and skip that step. You will still press on it with a spatula until the bottom of the dish is covered with an even layer of it. The choice is yours and depends on whether you want more mashed potato flavor in your shepherd’s pie.