Cottage pie
Cottage pie

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Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. Cottage pie is a combination of ground lamb or beef with mashed potatoes, topped with a bubbling layer of cheese is the perfect comfort food. Cottage pie is a classic dish that comes from the UK and Ireland. What are the origins of cottage pie?

Cottage pie is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Cottage pie is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cottage pie using 22 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage pie:
  1. Get 500 g minced beef
  2. Take 2 Tbsp olive oil
  3. Take 2 small onion grated
  4. Take 2 small carrots grated
  5. Take 3 cloves garlic grated
  6. Prepare 2 Tbsp Worceshire sauce
  7. Make ready 2 Oxo cubes (beef stock cubes)
  8. Get 300 ml warm water
  9. Prepare 3 Tbsp tomato puree
  10. Get 200 ml red wine
  11. Make ready 1 Tsp rosemary (dry)
  12. Take 1 Tsp Thymes (dry)
  13. Prepare 2 Tbsp hot chilli powder (optional)
  14. Get Mashed potatoes top
  15. Prepare 500-550 g floury potatoes cut to medium -small chunk (same size)
  16. Take 50 g butter
  17. Make ready 100 milk
  18. Make ready 2 egg yolks
  19. Get 2 + Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
  20. Take Seasoning
  21. Take Grated Parmesan cheese to top
  22. Get Salt & black pepper

Cottage pie is a meat pie that is topped with mashed potatoes and baked in the oven. Now, cottage pie and shepherd's pie differ only in the type of ground meat they are made with. Cottage Pie and Shepherd's Pie are both savory meat pies with a crust or topping of mashed potatoes. Traditionally, Shepherd's Pie is made with ground or minced lamb, while a Cottage Pie is made with ground or minced beef.

Instructions to make Cottage pie:
  1. Heat up the oven at 190 c or 200 c for Halogen oven.
  2. Heat up the pan with olive oil and brown the minced beef. Season with salt & pepper.
  3. Add grated onion, carrots and garlic.
  4. Add worceshire sauce, tomato puree, rosemary and thymes. Stir them and let them cook. Don’t forget to season with salt & pepper.
  5. Pour in the red wine and reduce until almost completely evaporated. Add the oxo cubes and water, simmer until the sauce has thickened.
  6. When we reducing the sauce, cook the potatoes with high heat from cold salted water until the water are boiling. Reduce to low heat, close the lid for 8 -10 minutes. Drain them in colander and leave them dry for 5 minutes. Then return them to the pan. Mash them. Leave them to one side and add milk and butter in the pan. Season with salt & pepper.
  7. Heat the milk & butter. When the butter are melted. Mix the mashed potatoes in milk & butter. Turn off the heat. beat in the egg yolks, followed by about 2 tbsp grated Parmesan. Mix them up. Check for seasoning.
  8. Now we are ready to assemble. Add all beef sauce in the bowl (oven bowl or Pyrex bowl). Then add mashed potatoes on top. Season with salt, pepper and grated parmesan cheese on top of mashed potatoes. Don’t forget to fluff the top of mashed potatoes before putting in the oven.
  9. Bake in the oven for approximately 18-20 minutes, until bubbling and golden brown. I baked them in halogen oven for 30 minutes.
  10. Now, it’s ready yo be served

Cottage Pie and Shepherd's Pie are both savory meat pies with a crust or topping of mashed potatoes. Traditionally, Shepherd's Pie is made with ground or minced lamb, while a Cottage Pie is made with ground or minced beef. We prefer beef in this house, so the Cottage Pie has always been our preference! Why is Cottage Pie called "Cottage Pie?" At its most basic, cottage pie is a meat pie (or casserole) that is topped with mashed potatoes rather than a pie crust. After this, it can vary greatly from region to region (or kitchen to kitchen).

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