Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cottage pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Cottage pie is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
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.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cottage pie using 21 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Cottage pie:
- Prepare 750 g minced beef
- Prepare 2 thyme springs
- Take 1 onion
- Prepare 1 clove garlic
- Take 2 celery sticks
- Get 2 carrots
- Take 1 1/2 tbsp flour
- Prepare 1 tbsp tomato puree
- Take 2 tbsp Worcester sauce
- Get 1-2 bay leaves
- Prepare 350-450 ml broth
- Make ready 1/2 glass red wine (optional)
- Take 1 handful frozen peas
- Prepare Salt, pepper, paprika, chilli, garlic
- Get For the mash
- Make ready 900 g potatoes
- Take 4 carrots
- Get 1 splash milk
- Take 1 handful cheddar
- Take Butter
- Take Salt, pepper, nutmeg
Footnotes Partner Tip; Reynolds® Aluminum foil can be used to keep food moist, cook it evenly, and make clean-up easier. There are many variations of the recipe, but the defining ingredients include minced or ground beef with onions (and sometimes other vegetables) in. 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!.
Instructions 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
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. 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.
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