How to Cook Tasty My Family’s Cottage Pie

My Family’s Cottage Pie. My Family's Cottage Pie preparation of. Heat Oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the Flour and cook, stirring, until combined, then add Stock, Tomato Paste and Worcestershire Sauce.

Now I am writing down this recipe for my children so that they can cook their mother's Cottage Pie one day. Wonderful cottage pie, reminds me of the meals I had in my British school's canteen. I followed the recipe for everything except the green peas coz I do not have them on hand. You can have My Family’s Cottage Pie using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of My Family’s Cottage Pie

1. Prepare 1 tablespoon of Canola Oil.
2. Prepare 1 of Onion *finely chopped.
3. It's 1-2 cloves of Garlic *finely chopped.
4. It's 1 of Carrot *cut into Peas & Corn size.
5. You need 1 of Celery Sticks *finely chopped.
6. It's 500 g of Beef Mince.
7. Prepare 1 of (*about 200g) Beef Steak *cut into 1.5cm pieces.
8. Prepare of Salt & Black Pepper.
9. Prepare 2 tablespoons of Plain Flour.
10. It's 1 cup of Beef Stock.
11. It's 2 tablespoons of Tomato Paste.
12. Prepare 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire Sauce (Lea & Perrins).
13. Prepare 1/4 cup of Frozen Peas.
14. It's 1/4 cup of Frozen Corn.
15. You need of <Mashed Potato>.
16. It's 800 g of to 1kg Potatoes *peeled & chopped.
17. Prepare of Salt & Pepper.
18. Prepare 30 g of Butter.
19. It's 1/2 cup of Milk.

I use a bigger onion instead. I forgot to dot extra butter on top, but it still came out crisp with adequately brown. There are many variations of the recipe, but the defining ingredients include minced or ground beef with onions (and sometimes other vegetables) in a gravy. 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.

My Family’s Cottage Pie step by step

1. Heat Oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook Onion, Garlic, Carrot and Celery for 2-3 minutes. Add all Beef and cook, stirring and breaking up lumps, for 5 minutes..
2. Add the Flour and cook, stirring, until combined, then add Stock, Tomato Paste and Worcestershire Sauce. Bring to the boil and reduce heat to simmer, stirring occasionally, cook until sauce thickens. Add Peas and Corn, season with Salt and Pepper..
3. Meanwhile, cook Potatoes in a separate saucepan of salted water until tender. Drain well. Return to the saucepan and add Butter. Use a potato masher to mash until smooth. Add Milk and stir until well combined. Taste and season with Salt and Pepper..
4. Preheat the oven to 220C. Spoon the mixture into a large baking dish. Cover with the mashed potato and use a fork to spread over and make a pattern..
5. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until mashed potato is slightly browned. Serve immediately..

It's a good remedy for the winter chills.—Shannon Copley, Upper Arlington, Ohio Traditional Cottage Pie. It's just one of those easy rotation dinners that you know is going to leave everyone hobbling away from the table because they're so full. Which is usually my aim with anything I make, but cottage pie is the perfect dish to do. Why is it called cottage pie? It originated when the potato was being introduced as a cheap food for the poor, and the dish was popular among the people living in modest cottages.

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