Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really 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 in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Cottage pie is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
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:
- Take 750 g minced beef
- Prepare 2 thyme springs
- Get 1 onion
- Make ready 1 clove garlic
- Make ready 2 celery sticks
- Make ready 2 carrots
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp flour
- Prepare 1 tbsp tomato puree
- Take 2 tbsp Worcester sauce
- Take 1-2 bay leaves
- Make ready 350-450 ml broth
- Take 1/2 glass red wine (optional)
- Get 1 handful frozen peas
- Make ready Salt, pepper, paprika, chilli, garlic
- Get For the mash
- Make ready 900 g potatoes
- Prepare 4 carrots
- Get 1 splash milk
- Get 1 handful cheddar
- Make ready Butter
- Make ready Salt, pepper, nutmeg
I forgot to dot extra butter on top but it still came out crisp with adequately brown. 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.
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
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. Potatoes were affordable ingredients that were often used by the peasants, who lived in cottages. Why is it called cottage pie?
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