A Shepherds' Pie made with pork mince would still be called Shepherds Pie. If one is quite meticulous, one might call it "Pork Mince Pie." I would call it "Curly Tail Pie".
Mince Pie ;)
Mince is an easy and very versatile thing to use in cooking. It can be made into a basic or complicated curry, or mixed with onions and other diced vegetables. Alternatively browse the various jar sauces that are available - most can be used with mince.
2 - the mince and the pie
A mixture of minced meat, suet, dried and fresh fruits, and spices such as cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.
Because it is made with Lamb, and sheep are herded by Shepherds.
the mince pie
It is correctly spelled, shepherd's pie.
In the UK we have various 'beef' pies such as Steak Pie, Steak and Kidney pie, Mince Pie, Mince and Onion Pie, Meat and Potato pie.... all made with beef.
There are many different types of pork pie. These types of pie include the "Common Pie", the "Melton Mowberry Pork Pie" and also the "Artisan Pork Pie".
There is a difference between what you call a mince pie. For the sake of this answer, we will look at the Christmas mince pie which is consumed around the holiday period. The Christmas mince pie does not contain mince although it does contain meat in the form of suet which is beef fat. Christmas mince pies contain, dried fruit and spices and originate from the coronation of King Henry V in 1413.They were banned by Oliver Cromwell and when they returned they were reduced in size to what you eat today, usually 6 - 7.5cm's. Out of interest... The government of Pitt the younger formed on 18 December 1783 was satirically dubbed the mince-pie administration as it was widely believed that it would not last until Christmas.
A pork pie.
Shepherds made it, isn't it obvious?