Simple Way to Prepare Cottage Pie in 32 Minutes for Mom

Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Being from Australia, cottage pie is a favourite when it comes to comfort food for the family. Overall, this recipe is pretty close to the orignial. Not sure why you would want to add cinnamon to a traditional cottage pie.

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

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have cottage pie using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

1. Take For the mash
2. Get Maris Piper potatoes
3. Get double cream
4. Take milk
5. Make ready butter
6. Make ready salt
7. Take pepper
8. Prepare nutmeg
9. Get For the filling
10. Take beef mince
11. Take peas
12. Make ready olive oil
13. Make ready large knobs of salted butter
14. Prepare paprika
15. Make ready Sprinkle of chilli powder
16. Get For the topping
17. Get medium cheddar cheese, grated
18. Prepare To serve
19. Take Savoy cabbage
20. Make ready gravy

A traditional cottage pie is made with ground beef and topped with mashed potatoes. We used potato slices, which saves time and looks good, too. For a shepherd's pie, use lamb. There are many variations of the recipe, but the defining ingredients include minced or ground beef with onions (and sometimes other vegetables) in.

Steps to make Cottage Pie:

1. Peel the potatoes and put them in a saucepan with water and a pinch of salt, and boil. This should take about 30-40 minutes.
2. While the potatoes are cooking, add the oil and butter to a saucepan on a medium/high heat, and once the oil starts sizzling - add the mince and break it all apart so all the meat in separated. Fry until browned and the liquid fat has been cooked off. Add the peas.
3. To check the potatoes are cooked, try and pick one up by stabbing it with a knife. If it falls off the knife with ease, the potatoes are done. Drain and mash, gradually adding milk, butter and cream where necessary. Add the salt, pepper and nutmeg… mash until there are no lumps.
4. In a large oven dish, spread the mince filling across the bottom, until level. Repeat with the mash. Top with the cheese and bake in a preheated oven (150°C) until the cheese is golden brown. Serve immediately with gravy and savoy cabbage.

This is a meat and carb heavy dish, so it goes really well with fresh side salads like a Rocket Salad with Balsamic Dressing, or a Garden Salad with French or Italian Dressing. I recently served it with this Carrot Salad with a Honey Dijon Dressing which was a hit!. For a cosy meal on a cold winter night, try it with a side of Glazed Roasted Carrots and Sautéed. 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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