Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive 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.

Cottage pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Cottage pie is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

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 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage pie:

1. Take 450 g beef mince
2. Make ready 2 sticks celery
3. Make ready 2 medium carrots
4. Get 1 red onion
5. Make ready 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
6. Prepare 3 tsp bisto beef gravy granules
7. Get 1 tablespoons tomato puree
8. Make ready 5 medium sized Maris Piper potatoes

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 and chop the potatoes and put onto boil. These take approx 18mins from reaching the boil. Drain and mash these with a splash of milk and a knob of real butter. Go for a wetter mash as you need to be able to spread it on top of the meat mix later.
2. Whilst the potato cooks, dice up the onion, celery and carrots and in a separate pan saute these in the vegetable oil.
3. Once the vegetables have softened a little add the tomato puree. Then add the minced beef to brown. Keep stirring so that any lumps are broken up.
4. When the meat is browned add in the gravy granules and a little water (about 1/4 pint) to make the mixture wet and gravy coated but not swimming. Spoon this into a n ovenproof dish.
5. Add the mash to the dish. Spread it out to cover all the meat mixture. You can leave the dish at this point if you need to prepare ahead of mealtime.
6. When ready to get the meal together put the dish into a 200° oven for approx 30 mins. If you like cheese add some grated cheddar to top the dish for the last 15 mins
7. Serve with boiled or steamed vegetables on the side with beef gravy.

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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