Steps to Make Cottage pie in 26 Minutes at Home

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special 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 well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Cottage pie is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cottage pie using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage pie:

1. Prepare beef mince
2. Make ready celery
3. Take medium carrots
4. Get red onion
5. Take vegetable oil
6. Get bisto beef gravy granules
7. Get tomato puree
8. Take medium sized Maris Piper potatoes

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.

Instructions to make Cottage pie:

1. Peel and chop the potatoes and put onto boil. These take approx 18mins from reaching the boil. Drain and mash these with a splash of milk and a knob of real butter. Go for a wetter mash as you need to be able to spread it on top of the meat mix later.
2. Whilst the potato cooks, dice up the onion, celery and carrots and in a separate pan saute these in the vegetable oil.
3. Once the vegetables have softened a little add the tomato puree. Then add the minced beef to brown. Keep stirring so that any lumps are broken up.
4. When the meat is browned add in the gravy granules and a little water (about 1/4 pint) to make the mixture wet and gravy coated but not swimming. Spoon this into a n ovenproof dish.
5. Add the mash to the dish. Spread it out to cover all the meat mixture. You can leave the dish at this point if you need to prepare ahead of mealtime.
6. When ready to get the meal together put the dish into a 200° oven for approx 30 mins. If you like cheese add some grated cheddar to top the dish for the last 15 mins
7. Serve with boiled or steamed vegetables on the side with beef gravy.

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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