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Shepherd's pie
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Shepherd's pie or cottage pie
Vegetarian and meat shepherd's pies for sale in a market
Shepherd's pie (lamb) or cottage pie (ground/minced beef) is a meat pie with a crust or topping of mashed potato.
The recipe has many variations, but the defining ingredients are minced red meat ("cottage pie" refers to beef filling and "shepherd's pie" refers to lamb), cooked in a gravy or sauce with onions and sometimes other vegetables, such as peas, celery or carrots, and topped with a layer of mashed potato before it is baked. The pie is sometimes also topped with grated cheese to create a layer of melted cheese on top.
By that logic you can use anything in the form of a crust. We know that isn't the case.
Mashed potato isn't a crust by any logical stretch. You are being fooled by the ame.
Shepards Pie isn't PIE.