Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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 - comfort food central!
Cottage Pie is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Cottage Pie is something which 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 ingredients. You can have cottage pie using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:
- Get 8 medium sized potatoes
- Take 1/2 kg ground beef or lamb
- Make ready 2 carrots, diced
- Make ready 1 can green peas
- Prepare 1 can mushrooms, sliced
- Prepare 4 cloves garlic
- Make ready 1 onion
- Prepare 1 small box cheese, cut into cubes
- Get 1 small stick butter
- Take 500 grams spaghetti sauce
- Prepare 3 tablespoons oyster sauce
- Prepare to taste salt, sugar and pepper
- Take 1 small can evaporated milk
- Make ready Green bell peppers (optional)
- Prepare Spiced ham, diced and cooked
This DELICIOUS Cottage Pie is made with a mixture of ground beef, ground sausage, and mixed vegetables in a delicious gravy and baked under a layer of fluffy mashed potatoes. Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. Being from Australia, cottage pie is a favourite when it comes to comfort food for the family. Cottage pie is actually older than shepherd's pie.
Instructions to make Cottage Pie:
- Boil potatoes in a pot until soft/cooked. Peel once cool enough to handle. Mash while adding milk and half of the butter. Set aside for later.
- Cook garlic until golden brown. Using the same pan, cook onions until translucent. Set aside.
- Cook ground beef for 15-20 minutes or until brown. Mix cooked garlic, onions and remaining butter. Add carrots and mushrooms. Add spaghetti sauce, green peas, and cubed cheese (leave some to grate and use for topping later). You may also add green bell peppers and cooked spiced ham if you want. Simmer for 15 minutes or until carrots are cooked.
- In an oven-safe dish or bowl, put meat sauce and on top of it, layer prepared mashed potato mixture. Sprinkle with grated cheese and pop in the oven for 10 minutes at 350°.
Being from Australia, cottage pie is a favourite when it comes to comfort food for the family. Cottage pie is actually older than shepherd's pie. Potatoes were affordable ingredients that were. Cottage pie is a delicious variation of the classic shepherd's pie, and it's fairly simple to make at home! Use beef, rather than lamb, and fill your pie with sautéed onions, carrots, and celery.
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