Guide to Make A Proper Cottage Pie in 15 Minutes at Home

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, a proper cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

A Proper Cottage Pie is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. A Proper Cottage Pie is something which I have loved my entire life.

Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. I agree, Cottage Pie does not have a pie crust, but I can see no reference to it in this recipe. As mentioned in another review, Worcestershire Sauce adds valuable flavor to the.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have a proper cottage pie using 25 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make A Proper Cottage Pie:

1. Prepare Filling
2. Take 1-1/3 pound ground beef
3. Get 2 cups beef broth
4. Take 1-1/2 cups carrots
5. Make ready 1-1/4 cup celery
6. Get 1-1/3 cup onion
7. Make ready 1/2 cup red wine
8. Make ready 1/3 cup all purpose flour
9. Take 2 tablespoons tomato paste
10. Take 1-1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
11. Take 2 tablespoons minced garlic
12. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
13. Take 1 teaspoon salt
14. Take 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
15. Prepare 4 tablespoons butter
16. Prepare Mash
17. Get 4 tablespoons butter
18. Take To taste salt
19. Prepare 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese shredded
20. Take 1-2/3 pound potatoes
21. Take As needed water
22. Prepare 2 tablespoons chopped parsley flakes
23. Take 1 cup evaporated milk
24. Get Topping
25. Take 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese shredded

Cottage Pie - comfort food central! This English classic has a deeply savoury beef mince filling smothered in gravy topped with creamy mashed potato, baked until. 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.

Steps to make A Proper Cottage Pie:

1. Peel wash and cube the potatoes. Cover with water and boil till fork tender. Drain the water. Add the butter, and milk. Shred the cheese and add to the potatoes. Add the parsley and salt.
2. Whip the potatoes well till creamy. Let rest. Chop the vegetables and melt the butter.
3. Sauté the vegetables for 12 minutes in the butter with the salt, pepper, garlic, and thyme. Add the beef and when browned add the wine and allow to reduce. Simmer 15 minutes. This can be done as you are doing the potatoes.
4. When the liquids are reduced add the flour and tomato paste. Stir and incorporate well. Let the flour cout and cook for 7 minutes. Add the broth.
5. Preheat the oven 400°Fahrenheit. Stir well stirring constantly this will thicken. Transfer to an oven safe pan I used an 8×12 pan about 2-1/2 inch deep. Spread it out evenly. Then add the mashed potatoes I used a spoon, but you can pipe it on.
6. Take a big fork and plow the field, put grooves on top. Then top off with 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese shredded. Put onto another pan. I put parchment paper on the bottom pan for easy cleanup. It's gonna bubble over!!!
7. Bake 30 minutes. Take out of oven and allow to rest 12-15 minutes before serving. I hope you enjoy!!!!

Top it off with fluffy mashed potatoes, bake it in the oven, and enjoy! Always freeze the pie on the day that you make it. Defrost in the fridge overnight, then cook as per the recipe. Warming to the tips of your toes, a comforting dish of cottage pie is one of the best things about winter. James Martin's easy cottage pie recipe is a family favourite.

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