Cottage Pie
Cottage Pie

Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Cottage Pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Cottage Pie is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have cottage pie using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:
  1. Prepare For the mash
  2. Prepare 2.5 Kg Maris Piper potatoes
  3. Make ready 150 ml double cream
  4. Make ready 300 ml milk
  5. Take 3-4 knobs butter
  6. Make ready Pinch salt
  7. Prepare Pinch pepper
  8. Prepare Pinch nutmeg
  9. Get For the filling
  10. Prepare 750 g beef mince
  11. Make ready 50 g peas
  12. Make ready 3 tbsp olive oil
  13. Prepare 2 large knobs of salted butter
  14. Make ready 1 tbsp paprika
  15. Make ready Sprinkle of chilli powder
  16. Prepare For the topping
  17. Take 400 g medium cheddar cheese, grated
  18. Take To serve
  19. Make ready Savoy cabbage
  20. Prepare 600 ml gravy
Instructions to make Cottage Pie:
  1. Peel the potatoes and put them in a saucepan with water and a pinch of salt, and boil. This should take about 30-40 minutes.
  2. While the potatoes are cooking, add the oil and butter to a saucepan on a medium/high heat, and once the oil starts sizzling - add the mince and break it all apart so all the meat in separated. Fry until browned and the liquid fat has been cooked off. Add the peas.
  3. To check the potatoes are cooked, try and pick one up by stabbing it with a knife. If it falls off the knife with ease, the potatoes are done. Drain and mash, gradually adding milk, butter and cream where necessary. Add the salt, pepper and nutmeg… mash until there are no lumps.
  4. In a large oven dish, spread the mince filling across the bottom, until level. Repeat with the mash. Top with the cheese and bake in a preheated oven (150°C) until the cheese is golden brown. Serve immediately with gravy and savoy cabbage.

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