How to Make Delicious Cottage Pie

Cottage Pie. 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.

I followed the recipe for everything except the green peas coz I do not have them on hand. I use a bigger onion instead. I forgot to dot extra butter on top, but it still came out crisp with adequately brown. You can cook Cottage Pie using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Cottage Pie

1. Prepare 1 large of onion - diced.
2. You need 2 large of carrots - diced.
3. You need 1 stick of celery - diced.
4. It's 500 grams of beef mince.
5. It's 1 tbsp of tomato puree.
6. You need 1 tbsp of worcestershire sauce.
7. Prepare 1 tsp of dried mixed herbs.
8. It's 2 tbsp of flour.
9. It's 500 ml of beef stock.
10. It's 200 grams of mushrooms - sliced.
11. You need 800 grams of potatoes - diced.
12. You need of Butter and milk to mash potatoes.

View Suggestions BACK TO TOP See all Scripps Networks Digital. 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.

Cottage Pie step by step

1. Brown onions, carrots and celery in a large pan..
2. Add mince and continue cooking until brown..
3. Add tomato puree, worcestershire sauce, mixed herbs and flour, stir together and add beef stock and mushrooms..
4. Continue cooking with a lid on for 30 mins on a low heat..
5. In a separate pan bring potatoes to the boil in salted water and cook until tender..
6. Transfer meat mixture to a large pie dish..
7. Mash potatoes with plenty of butter and a little milk..
8. Spread mash on top of meat evenly and fluff with a fork..
9. Place pie under a pre-heated grill until golden 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 actually older than shepherd's pie. Potatoes were affordable ingredients that were often used by the peasants, who lived in cottages. Prepared mashed potatoes will help you whip up this classic Cottage Pie with Potato Crust recipe with ease. You can even make up a double batch so you can freeze half for later.

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