Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Ultimate Cottage pie

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cottage pie is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Cottage pie is something which I have loved my whole life.

Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. Cottage pie is a combination of ground lamb or beef with mashed potatoes, topped with a bubbling layer of cheese is the perfect comfort food. Cottage pie is a classic dish that comes from the UK and Ireland. What are the origins of cottage pie?

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cottage pie using 21 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage pie:

1. Prepare 750 g minced beef
2. Make ready 2 thyme springs
3. Get 1 onion
4. Get 1 clove garlic
5. Take 2 celery sticks
6. Get 2 carrots
7. Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp flour
8. Prepare 1 tbsp tomato puree
9. Take 2 tbsp Worcester sauce
10. Make ready 1-2 bay leaves
11. Take 350-450 ml broth
12. Make ready 1/2 glass red wine (optional)
13. Get 1 handful frozen peas
14. Make ready Salt, pepper, paprika, chilli, garlic
15. Take For the mash
16. Take 900 g potatoes
17. Make ready 4 carrots
18. Get 1 splash milk
19. Prepare 1 handful cheddar
20. Get Butter
21. Prepare Salt, pepper, nutmeg

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. At its most basic, cottage pie is a meat pie (or casserole) that is topped with mashed potatoes rather than a pie crust. After this, it can vary greatly from region to region (or kitchen to kitchen).

Steps to make Cottage pie:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Make a pattern in the mash with a fork. Put it in the oven 220 degrees until golden. Enjoy <3

At its most basic, cottage pie is a meat pie (or casserole) that is topped with mashed potatoes rather than a pie crust. After this, it can vary greatly from region to region (or kitchen to kitchen). Sometimes you will see other vegetables like celery, mushrooms, or peas studded through the meat filling. Two-Potato Shepherd's Pie Shepherd's pie has another name, cottage pie, and mashed potatoes have another alternative - sweet potatoes. Whatever you call it, there's enough in the recipe to bake one casserole and freeze the other for up to three months.

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