Simple Way to Make Cottage Pie in 22 Minutes at Home

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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.

Cottage Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Cottage Pie is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook cottage pie using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

1. Take minced beef
2. Make ready onions, finely chopped
3. Get crushed garlic
4. Take carrots, finely chopped
5. Make ready celery, finely chopped
6. Get ground thyme
7. Prepare Worcestershire Sauce
8. Take tomato puree
9. Prepare beef stock
10. Get potatoes, boiled
11. Make ready butter
12. Prepare horseradish cream
13. Take warm milk

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. There are many variations of the recipe, but the defining ingredients include minced or ground beef with onions (and sometimes other vegetables) in.

Steps to make Cottage Pie:

1. Brown the mince in a little oil. Remove from the pan.
2. Sauté the vegetables in a little more oil until soft. Return the meat to the pan.
3. Add the Worcestershire Sauce, thyme and tomato puree.
4. Pour over the hot stock. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, mash the potatoes with the horseradish, butter and warm milk.
6. Spread the meat mixture in a baking dish, top with mashed potato and bake at 200C for 25 minutes.

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!. For a cosy meal on a cold winter night, try it with a side of Glazed Roasted Carrots and Sautéed. Cottage pie is a meat pie that is topped with mashed potatoes and baked in the oven. Now, cottage pie and shepherd's pie differ only in the type of ground meat they are made with.

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