My Family’s Cottage Pie
My Family’s Cottage Pie

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My Family’s Cottage Pie is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. My Family’s Cottage Pie is something which I have loved my entire life.

Cottage pie or shepherd's pie is a type of savory pie. It is made with minced meat, with mashed potato on top. It comes from the United Kingdom and Ireland.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have my family’s cottage pie using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make My Family’s Cottage Pie:
  1. Take 1 tablespoon Canola Oil
  2. Get 1 Onion *finely chopped
  3. Take 1-2 cloves Garlic *finely chopped
  4. Make ready 1 Carrot *cut into Peas & Corn size
  5. Make ready 1 Celery Sticks *finely chopped
  6. Get 500 g Beef Mince
  7. Make ready 1 (*about 200g) Beef Steak *cut into 1.5cm pieces
  8. Take Salt & Black Pepper
  9. Prepare 2 tablespoons Plain Flour
  10. Make ready 1 cup Beef Stock
  11. Take 2 tablespoons Tomato Paste
  12. Prepare 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce (Lea & Perrins)
  13. Take 1/4 cup Frozen Peas
  14. Make ready 1/4 cup Frozen Corn
  15. Make ready <Mashed Potato>
  16. Get 800 g to 1kg Potatoes *peeled & chopped
  17. Take Salt & Pepper
  18. Take 30 g Butter
  19. Prepare 1/2 cup Milk

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Steps to make My Family’s Cottage Pie:
  1. Heat Oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook Onion, Garlic, Carrot and Celery for 2-3 minutes. Add all Beef and cook, stirring and breaking up lumps, for 5 minutes.
  2. Add the Flour and cook, stirring, until combined, then add Stock, Tomato Paste and Worcestershire Sauce. Bring to the boil and reduce heat to simmer, stirring occasionally, cook until sauce thickens. Add Peas and Corn, season with Salt and Pepper.
  3. Meanwhile, cook Potatoes in a separate saucepan of salted water until tender. Drain well. Return to the saucepan and add Butter. Use a potato masher to mash until smooth. Add Milk and stir until well combined. Taste and season with Salt and Pepper.
  4. Preheat the oven to 220C. Spoon the mixture into a large baking dish. Cover with the mashed potato and use a fork to spread over and make a pattern.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until mashed potato is slightly browned. Serve immediately.

I cooked my cottage pie recipe this evening as my parents came over for dinner. I used potato tonight instead of cauliflower, both ways taste great! This is a recipe from my Gram who is English. She served this often, and I have modified her recipe for my family and this is it. A great alternative to Shepherd's Pie.

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