Lobster Shepherd’s Pie
Indulge in rich and comforting Lobster Shepherd’s Pie, featuring tender lobster in a creamy seafood sauce topped with buttery mashed potatoes. Try this luxurious spin on everyone’s favorite comfort food!
🔎 A quick look at this recipe
- What It Is: A luxurious seafood twist to classic shepherd’s pie by replacing the traditional meat filling with tender chunks of lobster. It’s a swanky comfort food that combines rich seafood flavors with creamy mashed potatoes.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Servings: 4
- Calories: 515
- Cooking Method: Stovetop
- Good For: Dinner parties, cozy seafood suppers, a great way to use lobster.
⭐️ Why this recipe works
This recipe delivers the creamy, cozy appeal of shepherd’s pie while showcasing sweet lobster meat. It’s PERFECT for celebrations, holiday dinners, date nights, or anytime you want to turn a classic comfort food into something a little more indulgent.
If you have something to celebrate, or if you are looking for a great and easy dinner party recipe, or if you just feel like you deserve lobster (and you DO!), this is a fun and different way to get your lobster on.
You make this one with cooked lobster meat. You are going to cook up a mess of baby carrots and sweet onion with some clam juice and and then stir in the lobster meat,.
As with all shepherd’s pie, the filling gets covered with mashed potatoes and kitchen smells like lobster shepherd’s pie heaven.
Then all that’s left to do is scoop it out into plates or bowls, hand out the forks, and watch everyone’s face light up with lobster-flavored happiness.
Lobster Shepherd’s Pie
This easy recipe for lobster shepherd’s pie gives a luxurious seafood spin to everyone’s favorite comfort food supper!
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Oven, Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 pound Yukon Gold potatoes, scrubbed and quartered
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 4 carrots
- 1 medium sweet onion, peeled
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- ¼ cup flour
- 1 cup clam juice
- 1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
- Pinch each of salt and pepper
- 6 ounces thawed frozen peas
- 1 1/2 cups cooked lobster meat
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Place potatoes in a pot of water and bring to a boil. Cook until potatoes are fork-tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and return to pot. Mash with a potato masher or ricer and add 2 tablespoons of butter and 1/2 cup of milk. Mash again and season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Melt remaining butter in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add carrots and onions and stir until onions are soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato paste and then flour. Stir in clam juice, Old Bay and simmer until thickened. Stir in peas and lobster meat.
- Ladle lobster mixture into soup bowls or rimmed plates, top with mashed potatoes and serve!
I love this idea! This is a fun twist on shepherds pie that I never would have thought of! I can’t wait to try this at my next gathering!
Hurray! I hope you love it as much as we do!