Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Cottage Pie is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Cottage Pie is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cottage pie using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:
- Make ready 1 Tablespoon Oil
- Get 500 g Beef Mince
- Get 1 Large Onion
- Get 1 Garlic Clove
- Take 2 Sprigs Fresh Thyme
- Get 2 Tablespoons Tomato Purée
- Take 2 Large Carrots (cut small)
- Prepare 500 ml Beef Stock
- Make ready 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
- Prepare 1 Tablespoon Butter
- Get Salt and Pepper (to taste)
- Make ready 1 Tablespoon Flour
- Make ready 8 Medium Potatoes
- Prepare 50 ml Milk
Warming to the tips of your toes, a comforting dish of cottage pie is one of the best things about Make it special with Mary Berry's dauphinoise topped cottage pie, or keep it simple with James. 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. Traditional cottage pie with a rich meaty sauce, topped with creamy mashed potato, crisped up to golden perfection.
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 👍🏼
Check out my tip for ensuring also get a jug of delicious gravy to pour on top. 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. The Best Cottage Pie Recipe (Shepherd's Pie with Beef!) Learn How to Make Shepherd's Pie in ONE POT for Saint Patrick's Day! Cottage pie is actually older than shepherd's pie.
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