Cottage pie
Cottage pie

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Cottage pie is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Cottage pie is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cottage pie using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

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

Warming to the tips of your toes, a comforting dish of cottage pie is one of the best things about Make it special with Mary Berry's dauphinoise topped cottage pie, or keep it simple with James. Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. Being from Australia, cottage pie is a favourite when it comes to comfort food for the family. Traditional cottage pie with a rich meaty sauce, topped with creamy mashed potato, crisped up to golden perfection.

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.

Check out my tip for ensuring also get a jug of delicious gravy to pour on top. Cottage pie is a delicious variation of the classic shepherd's pie, and it's fairly simple to make at home! Use beef, rather than lamb, and fill your pie with sautéed onions, carrots, and celery. The Best Cottage Pie Recipe (Shepherd's Pie with Beef!) Learn How to Make Shepherd's Pie in ONE POT for Saint Patrick's Day! Cottage pie is actually older than shepherd's pie.

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