Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Always freeze the pie on the day that you make it. Defrost in the fridge overnight, then cook as per the recipe. Classic, epic Cottage Pie made properly, with a luscious filling.
Cottage Pie is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Cottage Pie is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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:
- Prepare 1 Ib lean mince beef
- Prepare 1 large onion chopped
- Prepare 1 large carrot chopped
- Prepare 1 stick celery chopped
- Prepare 100 g Mushroom sliced
- Take 2 large tomatoes quartered
- Take 1 tbsp fresh parsley chopped
- Make ready 1/2 tsp dried mixed herbs
- Prepare Salt + Pepper
- Make ready 300 ml / 1/2pint beef stock
- Make ready 10 drops Worcestershire sauce
- Get 3 tbsp cornflour (+ 2tbsp water)
- Get 4 large potatoes peeled and chopped
- Prepare 50 g to 100g cheddar cheese grated
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. Cottage pie is a delicious variation of the classic shepherd's pie, and it's fairly simple to make at home!
Instructions to make Cottage Pie:
- Prepare ingredients
- Heat 1tbsp of vegetable oil and add onion and mince to frying pan and cook until browned (I cook in batches and drain any excess fat if not using lean mince)
- Add mince back to pan if done in batches, add carrots and celery and cook for 2 to 3 minutes
- Boil a pan of water to cook your potatoes. Add mushrooms and tomatoes and stir in. Scatter over the herbs and season. Pour in the stock and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to the boil, stir and reduce heat. Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add potatoes to boiling water until tender approx 20 mins.
- Once mince simmered for 20 mins remove tomato skins and stir mixture.
- Blend cornflour with water and pour over mince stir until thickens up. If cooking straight away Pre heat oven to 190°C /375°C / Gas 5
- Drain the potatoes and mash (you can add butter and milk)
- Pour mince into oven proof dish and spoon mash over the top. Sprinkle cheese on top. Bake for approx 40 / 45 mins. Serve with green beans, peas and gravy.
Use beef, rather than lamb, and fill your pie with sautéed onions, carrots, and celery. Simple slow cooker cottage pie recipe that your family will love, a comforting recipe for autumn and winter in the crockpot. 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. Cottage pie is actually older than shepherd's pie.
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