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Cottage Pie is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Cottage Pie is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
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.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cottage pie using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:
- Get For the mash
- Make ready 2.5 Kg Maris Piper potatoes
- Take 150 ml double cream
- Make ready 300 ml milk
- Make ready 3-4 knobs butter
- Get Pinch salt
- Make ready Pinch pepper
- Take Pinch nutmeg
- Take For the filling
- Make ready 750 g beef mince
- Prepare 50 g peas
- Prepare 3 tbsp olive oil
- Get 2 large knobs of salted butter
- Prepare 1 tbsp paprika
- Take Sprinkle of chilli powder
- Take For the topping
- Make ready 400 g medium cheddar cheese, grated
- Get To serve
- Prepare Savoy cabbage
- Take 600 ml gravy
Warming to the tips of your toes, a comforting dish of cottage pie is one of the best things about Make it special with Mary Berry's dauphinoise topped cottage pie, or keep it simple with James. 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. Traditional cottage pie with a rich meaty sauce, topped with creamy mashed potato, crisped up to golden perfection.
Steps 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.
Check out my tip for ensuring also get a jug of delicious gravy to pour on top. Cottage pie is a delicious variation of the classic shepherd's pie, and it's fairly simple to make at home! Use beef, rather than lamb, and fill your pie with sautéed onions, carrots, and celery. The Best Cottage Pie Recipe (Shepherd's Pie with Beef!) Learn How to Make Shepherd's Pie in ONE POT for Saint Patrick's Day! Cottage pie is actually older than shepherd's pie.
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