Cottage Pie. Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. A wonderful comfort food with the addition of cinnamon to give it some added warmth. Onions, carrots and Italian seasonings simmer together to create a rich, aromatic meal.
I use a bigger onion instead. I forgot to dot extra butter on top, but it still came out crisp with adequately brown. If you want to use a slow cooker, brown your mince in batches then tip into your slow cooker and stir in the vegetables, flour, purée, wine, stock, Worcestershire sauce and herbs.
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Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. A wonderful comfort food with the addition of cinnamon to give it some added warmth. Onions, carrots and Italian seasonings simmer together to create a rich, aromatic meal.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have cottage pie using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:
- {Make ready of medium sized potatoes.
- {Get of ground beef or lamb.
- {Take of carrots, diced.
- {Get of green peas.
- {Make ready of mushrooms, sliced.
- {Take of garlic.
- {Prepare of onion.
- {Make ready of cheese, cut into cubes.
- {Make ready of butter.
- {Take of spaghetti sauce.
- {Take of oyster sauce.
- {Prepare of salt, sugar and pepper.
- {Get of evaporated milk.
- {Get of Green bell peppers (optional).
- {Get of Spiced ham, diced and cooked.
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. Boil the potatoes until soft and mash them with the milk until smooth and creamy.
Steps 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°..
Spoon the meat mixture into a gratin dish and cover with a thick, even layer of mashed potato. 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. It's a good remedy for the winter chills.—Shannon Copley, Upper Arlington, Ohio What goes with Cottage Pie. This is a meat and carb heavy dish, so it goes really well with fresh side salads like a Rocket Salad with Balsamic Dressing, or a Garden Salad with French or Italian Dressing. I recently served it with this Carrot Salad with a Honey Dijon Dressing which was a hit!.
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