{"id":861,"date":"2020-11-23T20:30:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T01:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.local\/recipe\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T10:20:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:20:47","slug":"red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Red wine braised beef cottage pie"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\ud83c\udf77 <strong>The Old Port dinner behind my red wine braised beef cottage pie<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I ate a version of this in a restaurant down in Montreal&#8217;s Old Port and it followed me home. I never asked for the recipe. What stayed with me was the sound of a fork going through beef that had been sitting in red wine all afternoon. So I rebuilt it from memory in my own kitchen: red wine braised beef underneath, a potato and parsnip mash on top, and far more smoked cheese than any restaurant would put on it. It has been one of the most-read recipes on the site ever since, and people still write to tell me they make it on repeat. That never gets old.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83e\udd69 <strong>Blade roast, three hours, and a fork does the rest<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The cut decides everything here. A boneless blade roast, what your butcher may also call a chuck roast, is loaded with connective tissue, and connective tissue is exactly what melts into that silky, shreddable texture after a long braise. Sear it hard first. Ten to twelve minutes, and no shortcuts. Then it goes low and covered in red wine, tomatoes and beef broth for three hours. When it is ready, you pull it out, shred it with two forks, throw away the fat you can see, and stir it back into the vegetables that cooked alongside it. Nothing gets blended, nothing gets wasted.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83e\uddc0 <strong>Cottage pie, parmentier, whatever you want to call it<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In French this is a parmentier. In English it is a cottage pie, since the meat is beef and not lamb. Call it what you like. The top is where I do things my own way: parsnips cooked in with the potatoes for a sweeter, earthier mash, crispy prosciutto folded straight into it, and Le Calumet on top, a cold-smoked firm cheese made in Quebec that smoked gouda replaces well. And if you want to abandon all restraint, tuck cheese curds through the meat before you spread the mash. They melt, they stretch, and you will go looking for them with your spoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udf77 The Old Port dinner behind my red wine braised beef cottage pie I ate a version of this in a restaurant down in Montreal&#8217;s Old Port and it followed me home. I never asked for the recipe. What stayed with me was the sound of a fork going through &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"red wine braised beef","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Red wine braised beef cottage pie with parsnip mash","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"My red wine braised beef cottage pie: blade roast braised 3 hours, shredded under a potato and parsnip mash with smoked cheese.","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"recipe_category":[171,167],"sponsorship":[],"class_list":["post-861","recipe","type-recipe","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","recipe_category-meat","recipe_category-main-dishes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Red wine braised beef cottage pie with parsnip mash<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My red wine braised beef cottage pie: blade roast braised 3 hours, shredded under a potato and parsnip mash with smoked cheese.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red wine braised beef cottage pie with parsnip mash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My red wine braised beef cottage pie: blade roast braised 3 hours, shredded under a potato and parsnip mash with smoked cheese.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Le Coup de Gr\u00e2ce\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lecoupdegrace.ca\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-27T14:20:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/parmentier-avec-boeuf-braise-au-vin-rouge-inpage.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1244\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1890\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/recipe\\\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/recipe\\\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\\\/\",\"name\":\"Red wine braised beef cottage pie with parsnip mash\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/recipe\\\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/recipe\\\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/parmentier-avec-boeuf-braise-au-vin-rouge-inpage.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-24T01:30:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-27T14:20:47+00:00\",\"description\":\"My red wine braised beef cottage pie: blade roast braised 3 hours, shredded under a potato and parsnip mash with smoked cheese.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/recipe\\\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/recipe\\\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/recipe\\\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/parmentier-avec-boeuf-braise-au-vin-rouge-inpage.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/parmentier-avec-boeuf-braise-au-vin-rouge-inpage.jpg\",\"width\":1244,\"height\":1890},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/recipe\\\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Red wine braised beef cottage pie\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Le Coup de Gr\u00e2ce\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Le Coup de Gr\u00e2ce\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/logo-coup-de-grace-oct2016-VF-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/app\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/10\\\/logo-coup-de-grace-oct2016-VF-1.png\",\"width\":1074,\"height\":531,\"caption\":\"Le Coup de Gr\u00e2ce\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/lecoupdegrace.ca\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Red wine braised beef cottage pie with parsnip mash","description":"My red wine braised beef cottage pie: blade roast braised 3 hours, shredded under a potato and parsnip mash with smoked cheese.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Red wine braised beef cottage pie with parsnip mash","og_description":"My red wine braised beef cottage pie: blade roast braised 3 hours, shredded under a potato and parsnip mash with smoked cheese.","og_url":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\/","og_site_name":"Le Coup de Gr\u00e2ce","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lecoupdegrace.ca","article_modified_time":"2026-08-27T14:20:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1244,"height":1890,"url":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/parmentier-avec-boeuf-braise-au-vin-rouge-inpage.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\/","url":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\/","name":"Red wine braised beef cottage pie with parsnip mash","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/parmentier-avec-boeuf-braise-au-vin-rouge-inpage.jpg","datePublished":"2020-11-24T01:30:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-27T14:20:47+00:00","description":"My red wine braised beef cottage pie: blade roast braised 3 hours, shredded under a potato and parsnip mash with smoked cheese.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/parmentier-avec-boeuf-braise-au-vin-rouge-inpage.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/app\/uploads\/2023\/03\/parmentier-avec-boeuf-braise-au-vin-rouge-inpage.jpg","width":1244,"height":1890},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/red-wine-braised-beef-shepherds-pie\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Red wine braised beef cottage pie"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/","name":"Le Coup de Gr\u00e2ce","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/#organization","name":"Le Coup de Gr\u00e2ce","url":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/logo-coup-de-grace-oct2016-VF-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/logo-coup-de-grace-oct2016-VF-1.png","width":1074,"height":531,"caption":"Le Coup de Gr\u00e2ce"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lecoupdegrace.ca"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe\/861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/recipe"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"recipe_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recipe_category?post=861"},{"taxonomy":"sponsorship","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsorship?post=861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}