Cottage Pie
Cottage Pie

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Cottage Pie is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Cottage Pie is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook cottage pie using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:
  1. Get For the mash
  2. Prepare 2.5 Kg Maris Piper potatoes
  3. Get 150 ml double cream
  4. Take 300 ml milk
  5. Prepare 3-4 knobs butter
  6. Take Pinch salt
  7. Make ready Pinch pepper
  8. Get Pinch nutmeg
  9. Make ready For the filling
  10. Get 750 g beef mince
  11. Take 50 g peas
  12. Get 3 tbsp olive oil
  13. Make ready 2 large knobs of salted butter
  14. Prepare 1 tbsp paprika
  15. Get Sprinkle of chilli powder
  16. Prepare For the topping
  17. Get 400 g medium cheddar cheese, grated
  18. Prepare To serve
  19. Make ready Savoy cabbage
  20. Get 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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