Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cottage Pie is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Cottage Pie is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook cottage pie using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:
- Get 1 Ib lean mince beef
- Take 1 large onion chopped
- Prepare 1 large carrot chopped
- Take 1 stick celery chopped
- Make ready 100 g Mushroom sliced
- Make ready 2 large tomatoes quartered
- Prepare 1 tbsp fresh parsley chopped
- Take 1/2 tsp dried mixed herbs
- Take Salt + Pepper
- Get 300 ml / 1/2pint beef stock
- Take 10 drops Worcestershire sauce
- Make ready 3 tbsp cornflour (+ 2tbsp water)
- Get 4 large potatoes peeled and chopped
- Prepare 50 g to 100g cheddar cheese grated
Instructions to make Cottage Pie:
- Prepare ingredients
- Heat 1tbsp of vegetable oil and add onion and mince to frying pan and cook until browned (I cook in batches and drain any excess fat if not using lean mince)
- Add mince back to pan if done in batches, add carrots and celery and cook for 2 to 3 minutes
- Boil a pan of water to cook your potatoes. Add mushrooms and tomatoes and stir in. Scatter over the herbs and season. Pour in the stock and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to the boil, stir and reduce heat. Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add potatoes to boiling water until tender approx 20 mins.
- Once mince simmered for 20 mins remove tomato skins and stir mixture.
- Blend cornflour with water and pour over mince stir until thickens up. If cooking straight away Pre heat oven to 190°C /375°C / Gas 5
- Drain the potatoes and mash (you can add butter and milk)
- Pour mince into oven proof dish and spoon mash over the top. Sprinkle cheese on top. Bake for approx 40 / 45 mins. Serve with green beans, peas and gravy.
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