Cottage Pie
Cottage Pie

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cottage Pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Cottage Pie is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

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

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