Family Favourite Cottage Pie
Family Favourite Cottage Pie

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, family favourite cottage pie. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Family Favourite Cottage Pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Family Favourite Cottage Pie is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

I subsituted sweet potatoes for regular potatoes/. Cottage pie is made with beef although the rest of the principles are pretty similar. This family favourite dish of cottage pie is one that is a big hit with my gang. Combining minced beef, chopped veg and gravy with a topping of mashed potato, this version is basic and healthy.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook family favourite cottage pie using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Family Favourite Cottage Pie:
  1. Take Beef Filling
  2. Prepare 450 g minced beef
  3. Make ready 2 onions, diced
  4. Take 3 carrots, diced
  5. Make ready 250 g butternut squash
  6. Get 1 beef stock cube
  7. Make ready 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  8. Prepare 1 tbsp flour
  9. Get Mashed Potato Topping
  10. Prepare 6 large potatoes (maris piper)
  11. Get 2 tsp English mustard
  12. Make ready to taste Salt and pepper
  13. Make ready 1/2 cup milk
  14. Get 75 g butter
  15. Make ready 50 g cheddar cheese

It is one of my favorites. This time, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious. Cottage Pie is a favourite of the boys - well all pies are really, but this one gets away with not having a base.

Instructions to make Family Favourite Cottage Pie:
  1. Gather the ingredients and get ready to start some peeling!
  2. Prep the vegetables by first peeling, then rough cut the potatoes and dice the carrots and onions
  3. Boil the potatoes in water for 15 minutes. Once done, strain, then mash them adding the milk, butter, mustard, salt and pepper. Set aside to cool
  4. Slice the butternut squash and roast in the oven at 190C for 10 mins while you do the next couple of steps
  5. In a pan with some hot oil, brown the beef for a few minutes
  6. In another oiled pan, cook down the onions and carrots until the onions start to becomes translucent. Usually about 5 mins.
  7. Next add the onion and carrot mix to the beef, along with your roasted squash
  8. Dissolve the beef stock in 300ml boiling water and pour into the pan. Add the Worcestershire sauce and flour, mix, then cook on medium heat for 10 mins. Once done set aside to cool
  9. Put the meat mixture into the bottom of an oven dish, then gently layer on the mashed potato
  10. Lastly, add a generous layer of cheddar cheese and cook in the oven at 190C for 30-40 minutes

This is gonna smell and look delicious. Cottage Pie is a favourite of the boys - well all pies are really, but this one gets away with not having a base. And its a favourite with me too as I can sneak some extra veg in, prepare ahead for those busy days when children have activities until after dark, and ideal as a "care and concern" meal as it has everything all there. I have a version of this recipe that uses lamb and it's one of our faves. I love that you can make double and freeze one for another day.

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