Cottage Pie

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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. 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.

Cottage Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Cottage Pie is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cottage pie using 24 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:
  1. Take meat mixture
  2. Take 1 tbsp butter
  3. Make ready 1 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
  4. Prepare 1 lb ground beef
  5. Take 1 cup onion, chopped
  6. Prepare 2 tbsp garlic, minced
  7. Take 1 1⁄2 tbsp dry rosemary
  8. Make ready salt
  9. Get 1 tbsp ground cumin
  10. Prepare 4 tsp worcestershire sauce
  11. Prepare 1 tbsp ketchup
  12. Take 1 tsp cayenne pepper
  13. Make ready 1⁄3 cup all-purpose flour
  14. Get 1 1⁄2 cup beef broth
  15. Get 1 cup frozen peas
  16. Prepare 1 cup frozen carrots
  17. Take potato topping
  18. Take 6 medium purple potatoes
  19. Take 1 tbsp butter
  20. Get 1⁄3 cup heavy cream
  21. Take 1⁄2 cup pepper jack cheese
  22. Prepare 1⁄2 cup cheddar cheese
  23. Take 1 egg, beaten
  24. Get salt

Whatever you call it, there's enough in the recipe to bake one casserole and freeze the other for up to three months. Did we mention Cumberland pie is a cousin, but with bread crumbs on top? Cottage Pie is one of those rare foods that is truly perfect to make in advance. Cottage Pie and Shepherd's Pie are both savory meat pies with a crust or topping of mashed potatoes.

Instructions to make Cottage Pie:
  1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
  2. In a deep sauce pan add in butter and oil on medium heat.
  3. Add in the onions, garlic, and beef, and saute for 10 minutes until beef is cooked through.
  4. Add in flour and mix; the flour will absorb the extra moisture to create a gravy later.
  5. Cook for another 3-4 minutes to cook off the flours raw edge and add in the below seasoning ingredients.
  6. Add in broth, cook and stir until sauce has thicken (about 5 minutes).
  7. Stir in frozen veggies, and remove from heat.
  8. Add meat and veggie filling into a baking dish… Be sure to flatten your meat mixture in the dish.
  9. Meanwhile boil your potatoes until fork tender.
  10. Then add in butter, heavy cream, cheese, seasoning, & egg yoke. Mash and mix well.
  11. Using a large spoon, place dollops of potatoes over your meat filling, then using a fork, gently spread potatoes evenly across the meat filling. Doing it this way will help from pulling the meat up & mixing it into the potato crust.
  12. Bake in oven for 30 minutes until the sides have brown.
  13. Remove baking dish from oven and let cool for 10-15 minutes before serving.

Cottage Pie is one of those rare foods that is truly perfect to make in advance. Cottage Pie and Shepherd's Pie are both savory meat pies with a crust or topping of mashed potatoes. Traditionally, Shepherd's Pie is made with ground or minced lamb, while a Cottage Pie is made with ground or minced beef. We prefer beef in this house, so the Cottage Pie has always been our preference! Why is Cottage Pie called "Cottage Pie?" Cottage pie is a meat pie that is topped with mashed potatoes and baked in the oven.

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