Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little 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 popular of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Cottage Pie is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cottage pie using 24 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

1. Make ready meat mixture
2. Get 1 tbsp butter
3. Make ready 1 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
4. Prepare 1 lb ground beef
5. Prepare 1 cup onion, chopped
6. Make ready 2 tbsp garlic, minced
7. Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp dry rosemary
8. Take salt
9. Make ready 1 tbsp ground cumin
10. Get 4 tsp worcestershire sauce
11. Prepare 1 tbsp ketchup
12. Make ready 1 tsp cayenne pepper
13. Take 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
14. Get 1 1/2 cup beef broth
15. Prepare 1 cup frozen peas
16. Make ready 1 cup frozen carrots
17. Make ready potato topping
18. Get 6 medium purple potatoes
19. Take 1 tbsp butter
20. Prepare 1/3 cup heavy cream
21. Make ready 1/2 cup pepper jack cheese
22. Make ready 1/2 cup cheddar cheese
23. Get 1 egg, beaten
24. Make ready salt

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. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. In a deep sauce pan add in butter and oil on medium heat.
3. Add in the onions, garlic, and beef, and saute for 10 minutes until beef is cooked through.
4. Add in flour and mix; the flour will absorb the extra moisture to create a gravy later.
5. Cook for another 3-4 minutes to cook off the flours raw edge and add in the below seasoning ingredients.
6. Add in broth, cook and stir until sauce has thicken (about 5 minutes).
7. Stir in frozen veggies, and remove from heat.
8. Add meat and veggie filling into a baking dish… Be sure to flatten your meat mixture in the dish.
9. Meanwhile boil your potatoes until fork tender.
10. Then add in butter, heavy cream, cheese, seasoning, & egg yoke. Mash and mix well.
11. Using a large spoon, place dollops of potatoes over your meat filling, then using a fork, gently spread potatoes evenly across the meat filling. Doing it this way will help from pulling the meat up & mixing it into the potato crust.
12. Bake in oven for 30 minutes until the sides have brown.
13. Remove baking dish from oven and let cool for 10-15 minutes before serving.

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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