Cottage Pie
Cottage Pie

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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.

Cottage Pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Cottage Pie is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

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

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Instructions 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.

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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