Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Always freeze the pie on the day that you make it. Defrost in the fridge overnight, then cook as per the recipe. Classic, epic Cottage Pie made properly, with a luscious filling.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook cottage pie using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:
- Get For the mash
- Prepare 2.5 Kg Maris Piper potatoes
- Take 150 ml double cream
- Make ready 300 ml milk
- Take 3-4 knobs butter
- Prepare Pinch salt
- Get Pinch pepper
- Make ready Pinch nutmeg
- Prepare For the filling
- Take 750 g beef mince
- Prepare 50 g peas
- Prepare 3 tbsp olive oil
- Take 2 large knobs of salted butter
- Make ready 1 tbsp paprika
- Get Sprinkle of chilli powder
- Get For the topping
- Get 400 g medium cheddar cheese, grated
- Make ready To serve
- Get Savoy cabbage
- Make ready 600 ml gravy
This DELICIOUS Cottage Pie is made with a mixture of ground beef, ground sausage, and mixed vegetables in a delicious gravy and baked under a layer of fluffy mashed potatoes. Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. Being from Australia, cottage pie is a favourite when it comes to comfort food for the family. Cottage pie is a delicious variation of the classic shepherd's pie, and it's fairly simple to make at home!
Instructions to make Cottage Pie:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Use beef, rather than lamb, and fill your pie with sautéed onions, carrots, and celery. Simple slow cooker cottage pie recipe that your family will love, a comforting recipe for autumn and winter in the crockpot. Traditional cottage pie with a rich meaty sauce, topped with creamy mashed potato, crisped up to golden perfection. Check out my tip for ensuring also get a jug of delicious gravy to pour on top. Cottage pie is actually older than shepherd's pie.
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