Cottage Pie
Cottage Pie

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Being from Australia, cottage pie is a favourite when it comes to comfort food for the family. Overall, this recipe is pretty close to the orignial. Not sure why you would want to add cinnamon to a traditional cottage pie.

Cottage Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Cottage Pie is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cottage pie using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:
  1. Prepare 1 Tablespoon Oil
  2. Get 500 g Beef Mince
  3. Make ready 1 Large Onion
  4. Get 1 Garlic Clove
  5. Take 2 Sprigs Fresh Thyme
  6. Take 2 Tablespoons Tomato Purée
  7. Prepare 2 Large Carrots (cut small)
  8. Make ready 500 ml Beef Stock
  9. Take 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
  10. Make ready 1 Tablespoon Butter
  11. Take Salt and Pepper (to taste)
  12. Make ready 1 Tablespoon Flour
  13. Get 8 Medium Potatoes
  14. Get 50 ml Milk

I forgot to dot extra butter on top but it still came out crisp with adequately brown. This is a meat and carb heavy dish, so it goes really well with fresh side salads like a Rocket Salad with Balsamic Dressing, or a Garden Salad with French or Italian Dressing. I recently served it with this Carrot Salad with a Honey Dijon Dressing which was a hit!. For a cosy meal on a cold winter night, try it with a side of Glazed Roasted Carrots and Sautéed.

Steps to make Cottage Pie:
  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Add the onion, garlic, carrots and thyme and fry until softened
  5. 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)
  6. 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
  7. Whilst your filling is simmering away strain your potatoes and mash them adding your butter and a good grind of pepper
  8. 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!
  9. Cook for 10-15 minutes untill nice and golden brown and hot all the way through. Serve with some broccoli / asparagus 👍🏼

Cottage pie is a meat pie that is topped with mashed potatoes and baked in the oven. Now, cottage pie and shepherd's pie differ only in the type of ground meat they are made with. Cottage pie is actually older than shepherd's pie. Potatoes were affordable ingredients that were often used by the peasants, who lived in cottages. A traditional cottage pie is made with ground beef and topped with mashed potatoes.

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