Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Cottage Pie is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Cottage Pie is something that I have loved my whole life.
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 begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. 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:
- Prepare For the mash
- Prepare 2.5 Kg Maris Piper potatoes
- Prepare 150 ml double cream
- Take 300 ml milk
- Prepare 3-4 knobs butter
- Make ready Pinch salt
- Prepare Pinch pepper
- Take Pinch nutmeg
- Get For the filling
- Make ready 750 g beef mince
- Get 50 g peas
- Take 3 tbsp olive oil
- Make ready 2 large knobs of salted butter
- Get 1 tbsp paprika
- Get Sprinkle of chilli powder
- Prepare For the topping
- Get 400 g medium cheddar cheese, grated
- Take To serve
- Prepare Savoy cabbage
- Take 600 ml gravy
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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.
But, there are a few steps to it. Cottage pie is actually older than shepherd's pie. It is a dish that originated around the time that As cottage pie became popular throughout Britain and potatoes became a staple crop in Ireland, the. Traditional cottage pie with a rich meaty sauce, topped with creamy mashed potato, crisped up to golden perfection. Check out my tip for ensuring also get a jug of delicious gravy to pour on top.
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