Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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 well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Cottage Pie is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have cottage pie using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:
- Make ready For the mash
- Prepare 2.5 Kg Maris Piper potatoes
- Take 150 ml double cream
- Prepare 300 ml milk
- Take 3-4 knobs butter
- Prepare Pinch salt
- Get Pinch pepper
- Get Pinch nutmeg
- Get For the filling
- Prepare 750 g beef mince
- Take 50 g peas
- Prepare 3 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 2 large knobs of salted butter
- Take 1 tbsp paprika
- Take Sprinkle of chilli powder
- Prepare For the topping
- Get 400 g medium cheddar cheese, grated
- Make ready To serve
- Prepare Savoy cabbage
- Prepare 600 ml gravy
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 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.
Instructions 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.
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?" DIRECTIONS. To make beef base: In a large saucepan over a high flame, heat the oil and add the finely chopped onion.
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