Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. 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. Make sure the pie is completely cold, then cover it well with cling film and freeze. Always freeze the pie on the day that you make it.
Cottage pie is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Cottage pie is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cottage pie using 21 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Cottage pie:
- Make ready 750 g minced beef
- Make ready 2 thyme springs
- Get 1 onion
- Make ready 1 clove garlic
- Prepare 2 celery sticks
- Get 2 carrots
- Take 1 1/2 tbsp flour
- Prepare 1 tbsp tomato puree
- Prepare 2 tbsp Worcester sauce
- Make ready 1-2 bay leaves
- Make ready 350-450 ml broth
- Take 1/2 glass red wine (optional)
- Make ready 1 handful frozen peas
- Take Salt, pepper, paprika, chilli, garlic
- Get For the mash
- Prepare 900 g potatoes
- Prepare 4 carrots
- Make ready 1 splash milk
- Get 1 handful cheddar
- Get Butter
- Get Salt, pepper, nutmeg
We used potato slices, which saves time and looks good, too. For a shepherd's pie, use lamb. Cottage Pie and Shepherd's Pie are both savory meat pies with a crust or topping of mashed potatoes. Traditionally, Shepherd's Pie is made with ground or minced lamb, while a Cottage Pie is made with ground or minced beef.
Steps to make Cottage pie:
- Brown the mince. Cut all the vegetables in little dices and add to the meat. Fry on a medium heat for 20min. Then add the seasonings and fry a bit longer.
- Add the tomato puree and fry for a minute over a high heat. Then sprinkle in the flour and mix well. If you use the wine pour in now, and let it reduce a bit. Then add the broth, bay leave and thyme and simmer uncovered for 45min. Add the frozen peas when it done.
- Boil the potatoes and carrots and make a nice creamy mash. Add the cheese to the mash as well. Add the mince in an ovenproof dish. Add the mash on top.
- Make a pattern in the mash with a fork. Put it in the oven 220 degrees until golden. Enjoy <3
Cottage Pie and Shepherd's Pie are both savory meat pies with a crust or topping of mashed potatoes. Traditionally, Shepherd's Pie is made with ground or minced lamb, while a Cottage Pie is made with ground or minced beef. We prefer beef in this house, so the Cottage Pie has always been our preference! Why is Cottage Pie called "Cottage Pie?" Cottage pie is a meat pie that is topped with mashed potatoes and baked in the oven. Now, cottage pie and shepherd's pie differ only in the type of ground meat they are made with.
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