Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cottage Pie is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Cottage Pie is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
Always freeze the pie on the day that you make it. Defrost in the fridge overnight, then cook as per the recipe..with the kind of refrigeration we had in our homes, cooked meat could be kept much more safely than raw. Therefore, when housewives bought their Sunday meat they selected pieces large enough to. Classic, epic Cottage Pie made properly, with a luscious filling.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have cottage pie using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:
- Make ready 1 Tablespoon Oil
- Prepare 500 g Beef Mince
- Get 1 Large Onion
- Prepare 1 Garlic Clove
- Take 2 Sprigs Fresh Thyme
- Take 2 Tablespoons Tomato Purée
- Take 2 Large Carrots (cut small)
- Make ready 500 ml Beef Stock
- Take 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
- Make ready 1 Tablespoon Butter
- Prepare Salt and Pepper (to taste)
- Get 1 Tablespoon Flour
- Make ready 8 Medium Potatoes
- Take 50 ml Milk
Cottage pie is a delicious variation of the classic shepherd's pie, and it's fairly simple to make at home! Use beef, rather than lamb, and fill your pie with sautéed onions, carrots, and celery. Traditional cottage pie with a rich meaty sauce, topped with creamy mashed potato, crisped up to golden perfection. Check out my tip for ensuring also get a jug of delicious gravy to pour on top.
Steps to make Cottage Pie:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C
- Peel, wash and chop the potatoes into 4, add to saucepan with boiling water and a pinch of salt. Boil for 25 minutes on a medium/high heat
- Heat up pan until hot or as I like to use, my wok as it is great for quick cooking! Add the tablespoon of oil and break up the mince into the pan, cooking until the meat has browned
- Add the onion, garlic, carrots and thyme and fry until softened
- Add the tablespoon of flour (through a sieve) try not to get any big lumps in there! Stir on a low/medium heat covering the meat and veggies - (this will help thicken the stock when you add it)
- Add tomato purée, salt and pepper to taste and then add the beef stock stirring as you add. Leave to simmer for 25 minutes to let the vegetables soften and the sauce thicken
- Whilst your filling is simmering away strain your potatoes and mash them adding your butter and a good grind of pepper
- Pour the mince filling into a baking dish and top with the mash. Fluff the top with a fork and I like to rub a little butter in with the fork so when it goes into the oven it makes it nice and crisp!
- Cook for 10-15 minutes untill nice and golden brown and hot all the way through. Serve with some broccoli / asparagus 👍🏼
Traditional cottage pie with a rich meaty sauce, topped with creamy mashed potato, crisped up to golden perfection. Check out my tip for ensuring also get a jug of delicious gravy to pour on top. This DELICIOUS Cottage Pie is made with a mixture of ground beef, ground sausage, and mixed vegetables in a delicious gravy and baked under a layer of fluffy mashed potatoes. Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. Being from Australia, cottage pie is a favourite when it comes to comfort food for the family.
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