Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cottage Pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Cottage Pie is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re 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 have to first prepare a few components. You can cook cottage pie using 24 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

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

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. Cottage pie is a meat pie that is topped with mashed potatoes and baked in the oven.

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.

Now, cottage pie and shepherd's pie differ only in the type of ground meat they are made with. 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!. For a cosy meal on a cold winter night, try it with a side of Glazed Roasted Carrots and Sautéed. A traditional cottage pie is made with ground beef and topped with mashed potatoes.

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