Shepard's Pie

A big success.
As written, it seemed a bit bland. We looked at other comments on Epicurious, and did increase the overall spices - added some salt, pepper, thyme, worcestershire sauce to the meat, as well as garlic to the mashed potatoes.
A great inaugural dish for the newly seasoned cast iron pan.

Delicious - but not enough salt. My husband made this for my daughter's birthday - and I wish he had either read lemonaidesandwich's comments or the comments on epicurious. But even underspiced, it was quite nice, just needed generous use of the salt cellar.

I will come back to this recipe next time I'm hankering for hearty food.