Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, my family’s cottage pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
My Family’s Cottage Pie is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. My Family’s Cottage Pie is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
My Family's Cottage Pie preparation of Heat Oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. My own family in Japan never knows this dish, I guess. I learned 'Cottage Pie' by seeing my husband's mother cooking it and I altered it to my way. Now I am writing down this recipe for my children so that they can cook their mother's Cottage Pie one day.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have my family’s cottage pie using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make My Family’s Cottage Pie:
- Get 1 tablespoon Canola Oil
- Take 1 Onion *finely chopped
- Make ready 1-2 cloves Garlic *finely chopped
- Get 1 Carrot *cut into Peas & Corn size
- Make ready 1 Celery Sticks *finely chopped
- Take 500 g Beef Mince
- Get 1 (*about 200g) Beef Steak *cut into 1.5cm pieces
- Make ready Salt & Black Pepper
- Prepare 2 tablespoons Plain Flour
- Prepare 1 cup Beef Stock
- Make ready 2 tablespoons Tomato Paste
- Make ready 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce (Lea & Perrins)
- Take 1/4 cup Frozen Peas
- Prepare 1/4 cup Frozen Corn
- Take <Mashed Potato>
- Take 800 g to 1kg Potatoes *peeled & chopped
- Prepare Salt & Pepper
- Make ready 30 g Butter
- Take 1/2 cup Milk
It's a good remedy for the winter chills.—Shannon Copley, Upper Arlington, Ohio Classic Cottage Pie Recipe photo by Taste of Home Boil the potatoes until soft and mash them with the milk until smooth and creamy. Spoon the meat mixture into a gratin dish and cover with a thick, even layer of mashed potato. Leftover mashed potatoes are mixed with white cheddar cheese to form the top crust for this British pub-food staple. Ground beef is traditionally used, but lean ground turkey will work, as well.
Instructions to make My Family’s Cottage Pie:
- Heat Oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook Onion, Garlic, Carrot and Celery for 2-3 minutes. Add all Beef and cook, stirring and breaking up lumps, for 5 minutes.
- Add the Flour and cook, stirring, until combined, then add Stock, Tomato Paste and Worcestershire Sauce. Bring to the boil and reduce heat to simmer, stirring occasionally, cook until sauce thickens. Add Peas and Corn, season with Salt and Pepper.
- Meanwhile, cook Potatoes in a separate saucepan of salted water until tender. Drain well. Return to the saucepan and add Butter. Use a potato masher to mash until smooth. Add Milk and stir until well combined. Taste and season with Salt and Pepper.
- Preheat the oven to 220C. Spoon the mixture into a large baking dish. Cover with the mashed potato and use a fork to spread over and make a pattern.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until mashed potato is slightly browned. Serve immediately.
Leftover mashed potatoes are mixed with white cheddar cheese to form the top crust for this British pub-food staple. Ground beef is traditionally used, but lean ground turkey will work, as well. Brown the crust under the broiler for a minute or two, if you like. Why is it called cottage pie? It originated when the potato was being introduced as a cheap food for the poor, and the dish was popular among the people living in modest cottages.
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