Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cottage Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Cottage Pie is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

For this savory pie, ground beef, onions, veggies, herbs and spices marry perfectly: Everything is sauteed together and then combined with broth and tomato paste, and simmered until ready to pour into a prepared pie crust. The hearty filling is then topped with fluffy mashed potatoes, sprinkled with Cheddar cheese, and baked. Cottage pie is a combination of ground lamb or beef with mashed potatoes, topped with a bubbling layer of cheese is the perfect comfort food.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cottage pie using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

1. Prepare For the mash
2. Prepare 2.5 Kg Maris Piper potatoes
3. Get 150 ml double cream
4. Make ready 300 ml milk
5. Get 3-4 knobs butter
6. Get Pinch salt
7. Get Pinch pepper
8. Get Pinch nutmeg
9. Get For the filling
10. Get 750 g beef mince
11. Prepare 50 g peas
12. Prepare 3 tbsp olive oil
13. Prepare 2 large knobs of salted butter
14. Take 1 tbsp paprika
15. Take Sprinkle of chilli powder
16. Prepare For the topping
17. Make ready 400 g medium cheddar cheese, grated
18. Get To serve
19. Make ready Savoy cabbage
20. Make ready 600 ml gravy

I use a bigger onion instead. I forgot to dot extra butter on top but it still came out crisp with adequately brown. There are many variations of the recipe, but the defining ingredients include minced or ground beef with onions (and sometimes other vegetables) in. 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.

Instructions to make Cottage Pie:

1. Peel the potatoes and put them in a saucepan with water and a pinch of salt, and boil. This should take about 30-40 minutes.
2. While the potatoes are cooking, add the oil and butter to a saucepan on a medium/high heat, and once the oil starts sizzling - add the mince and break it all apart so all the meat in separated. Fry until browned and the liquid fat has been cooked off. Add the peas.
3. To check the potatoes are cooked, try and pick one up by stabbing it with a knife. If it falls off the knife with ease, the potatoes are done. Drain and mash, gradually adding milk, butter and cream where necessary. Add the salt, pepper and nutmeg… mash until there are no lumps.
4. In a large oven dish, spread the mince filling across the bottom, until level. Repeat with the mash. Top with the cheese and bake in a preheated oven (150°C) until the cheese is golden brown. Serve immediately with gravy and savoy cabbage.

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. 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. A traditional cottage pie is made with ground beef and topped with mashed potatoes.

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