Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive 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.

Make sure the pie is completely cold, then cover it well with cling film and freeze. Always freeze the pie on the day that you make it. Defrost in the fridge overnight, then cook as per the recipe.

Cottage Pie is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Cottage Pie is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have cottage pie using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

1. Make ready 8 medium sized potatoes
2. Make ready 1/2 kg ground beef or lamb
3. Prepare 2 carrots, diced
4. Prepare 1 can green peas
5. Get 1 can mushrooms, sliced
6. Make ready 4 cloves garlic
7. Make ready 1 onion
8. Take 1 small box cheese, cut into cubes
9. Get 1 small stick butter
10. Get 500 grams spaghetti sauce
11. Get 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
12. Make ready to taste salt, sugar and pepper
13. Take 1 small can evaporated milk
14. Take Green bell peppers (optional)
15. Take Spiced ham, diced and cooked

I use a bigger onion instead. 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!.

Steps to make Cottage Pie:

1. Boil potatoes in a pot until soft/cooked. Peel once cool enough to handle. Mash while adding milk and half of the butter. Set aside for later.
2. Cook garlic until golden brown. Using the same pan, cook onions until translucent. Set aside.
3. Cook ground beef for 15-20 minutes or until brown. Mix cooked garlic, onions and remaining butter. Add carrots and mushrooms. Add spaghetti sauce, green peas, and cubed cheese (leave some to grate and use for topping later). You may also add green bell peppers and cooked spiced ham if you want. Simmer for 15 minutes or until carrots are cooked.
4. In an oven-safe dish or bowl, put meat sauce and on top of it, layer prepared mashed potato mixture. Sprinkle with grated cheese and pop in the oven for 10 minutes at 350°.

For a cosy meal on a cold winter night, try it with a side of Glazed Roasted Carrots and Sautéed. There are many variations of the recipe, but the defining ingredients include minced or ground beef with onions (and sometimes other vegetables) in. 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.

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