Recipe: Perfect 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 14 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cottage Pie

1. Prepare 6 of potatoes.
2. Prepare 1 tablespoon of margarine or butter.
3. Prepare 450 g of beef mince.
4. You need 1 of large onion.
5. You need 2 of small carrots.
6. You need 2 sticks of celery.
7. It's 1 teaspoon of vegetable bullion powder (marigold).
8. You need 1 of beef stock cube (oxo).
9. It's 2 tablespoons of beef instant gravy granules (bistro).
10. It's 4 teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce.
11. You need Pinch of salt.
12. It's of Sprinkle mixed dried herbs (herbs de Provence).
13. Prepare of Black pepper.
14. Prepare of Cheddar Cheese.

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. Dice the onions and slice the carrots thinly. Fry on a medium heat with a little oil season with mixed dried herbs, salt and pepper..
2. Thinly slice the celery sticks and add to the frying pan..
3. Once the onion starts to soften after about 10 minutes add the minced beef. Break it up into smaller chunks with a fork or spatula..
4. While the beef is browning off peel the spuds and chop them into small chunks. Cover with water and boil on high..
5. To prepare the liquor put the kettle on to boil. add the vegetable bullion beef stock cube, gravy granules and Worcestershire sauce to a measuring jug..
6. Pour on boiling water and make up to a pint..
7. Pour as much of the liquor into the meat as will fit, simmer to reduce... top up as necessary..
8. Once the potatoes are nice and soft (20-25 mins) drain, add the margarine or butter and mash thoroughly..
9. Pour the meat and vegetables into an oven proof dish. Cover with mash potatoes using a fork, try to keep it really fluffy and make lots of peeks so the top gets crispy..
10. Cook in the oven for 20 minutes at 200 Degrees C.
11. Cover with grated cheddar and return to the oven for 10 mins.
12. It’s done... plate up and enjoy..

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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