Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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Cottage pie is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Cottage pie is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook cottage pie using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cottage pie:
- Take 2 onions
- Get 1 big carrot
- Make ready 2 cloves garlic minced
- Prepare 50 g sliced peppers
- Make ready 70 g peas
- Take 250 g minced beef
- Get 2 tins chopped tomatoes
- Make ready 1 sachet shepherds pie mix
- Get 5 big cubed potatoes
- Get 50 ml milk
- Get 50 g butter/spread
- Take to taste Salt and pepper
- Make ready Handful grated cheese
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Instructions to make Cottage pie:
- In a deep frying pan/wok, fry your chopped onions and the garlic till the onions turn brown. Add the mince and brown. Add your tomatoes, chopped carrot, peas and sliced peppers and bring to a boil. Add the shepherd's pie sachet to the mix (you could make your own, I do most times just wanted to use up the packet mix) and bring to a boil.
- To make the mash peel and cube your potatoes and bring them to a boil in a pan. When soft drain and mash with butter milk salt and pepper to taste.
- When the mixture is reduced enough but not too dry as it goes in the oven, place in a oven proof dish, cover with the mash (you can spoon the mash on top as I did or use a piping bag) and grated cheese and bake at 180c for 30-40 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with green vegetables like broccoli and top with 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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