Consider the dish Shepherd’s Pie: traditionally made with lamb.
If made with beef it is often called Cottage Pie.
If it’s made with turkey it’s called… what? Is there a separate name for that variation? If not, feel free to make one up! Ditto for made with fish or venison or textured soy protein or whatever you want to throw into the mix.
(In other words, go ahead and have some fun with it)
I have to go with Ukelele Ike - the Pot Pie family has the pastry crust. Shepherd’s/Cottage/etc. don’t have the crusty bits, they live in a casserole pan and have a potato topping.
Cottage pie can be made with any meat (including lamb), or none at all. Shepherd’s pie is one specific kind of cottage pie. Not all kinds of cottage pie have specific names.
My wife grew up calling the ground beef variety “Farmer’s Delight”. So that’s what I call it too. I never had it growing up until I started dating her. Never had the turkey version, but I’d probably call it the same thing.
Whatever you call it, if it’s covered in mashed potatoes it’s Shepherd’s Pie. Why, I hear you cry? The mashed potatoes resemble the fluffy wool on sheep.
I have eaten many shepard pies and they never looked the same. Technically, shepard pie is not a pie, you can’t take it out of ovenware. Therefore I think what you mentioned is all shepard pie doesn’t matter what ingredients you put in one
I would just call it “turkey cottage pie” or “turkey shepherd’s pie.” The cottage pie vs shepherd’s pie distinction is pretty much meaningless (in my experience) these days, and even older definitions don’t all agree that shepherd’s pie is lamb/mutton and cottage pie is beef. Some older cookbooks (1800s to early 1900s) I consulted long ago when I was trying to figure this out had the difference as cottage pie was made with shingles of potatoes on top (resembling the top of a cottage), while shepherd’s had it as mashed potatoes.
Well, we do a vegetarian version with lentils and root vegetables, which I think I’ve read some people call gardeners pie, so what is the person in charge of turkeys called?