Cottage Pie
Cottage Pie

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Being from Australia, cottage pie is a favourite when it comes to comfort food for the family. Overall, this recipe is pretty close to the orignial. Not sure why you would want to add cinnamon to a traditional cottage pie.

Cottage Pie is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Cottage Pie is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have cottage pie using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:
  1. Take For the mash
  2. Prepare 2.5 Kg Maris Piper potatoes
  3. Take 150 ml double cream
  4. Get 300 ml milk
  5. Get 3-4 knobs butter
  6. Prepare Pinch salt
  7. Make ready Pinch pepper
  8. Prepare Pinch nutmeg
  9. Get For the filling
  10. Get 750 g beef mince
  11. Take 50 g peas
  12. Prepare 3 tbsp olive oil
  13. Take 2 large knobs of salted butter
  14. Take 1 tbsp paprika
  15. Take Sprinkle of chilli powder
  16. Prepare For the topping
  17. Prepare 400 g medium cheddar cheese, grated
  18. Take To serve
  19. Prepare Savoy cabbage
  20. Take 600 ml gravy

I forgot to dot extra butter on top but it still came out crisp with adequately brown. This is a meat and carb heavy dish, so it goes really well with fresh side salads like a Rocket Salad with Balsamic Dressing, or a Garden Salad with French or Italian Dressing. I recently served it with this Carrot Salad with a Honey Dijon Dressing which was a hit!. For a cosy meal on a cold winter night, try it with a side of Glazed Roasted Carrots and Sautéed.

Steps to make Cottage Pie:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 is actually older than shepherd's pie. Potatoes were affordable ingredients that were often used by the peasants, who lived in cottages. 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. For a shepherd's pie, use lamb.

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