How to Make Yummy Cottage pie

Cottage pie. Buy Groceries at Amazon & Save. 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.

A traditional cottage pie is made with ground beef and topped with mashed potatoes. We used potato slices, which saves time and looks good, too. For a shepherd's pie, use lamb. You can have Cottage pie using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cottage pie

1. Prepare of Mince.
2. Prepare 1 of onion.
3. You need 1 clove of garlic.
4. You need 3 of carrots, sliced.
5. It's 250 g of mushrooms, sliced.
6. Prepare 1 can of chopped tomatoes.
7. Prepare 2 cans of water.
8. It's 500 g of beef mince.
9. It's 2 tbsp of tomato purée.
10. You need 1 of beef stock cube.
11. Prepare of Black pepper.
12. You need of Italian herbs.
13. Prepare of Mash.
14. It's 500 g of Potatoes (or however many needed to cover top with mash).
15. Prepare 25 g of butter.
16. You need of Milk.

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?" Cottage pie is a meat pie that is topped with mashed potatoes and baked in the oven.

Cottage pie instructions

1. Fry the onions and garlic for 2min, add the carrots, put on the lid and sweet for 5min.
2. Once swerved, add the mushrooms and fry for a few minutes.
3. Add mince and brown.
4. Add stock cube, purée, tomatoes, water, herbs and pepper. Bring to the boil and simmer for 50min.
5. Pre heat oven to 200oC.
6. While the mince is simmering, peal the potatoes, cut into equal chunks and boil for 20mins.
7. When the potatoes have boiled, mash them with butter and milk..
8. When both the mince and mash are ready but mince in the bottom of dish and put mash on top. Make pattern with fork on top in the mash. Put in oven for 20min.
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Now, cottage pie and shepherd's pie differ only in the type of ground meat they are made with. 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). Sometimes you will see other vegetables like celery, mushrooms, or peas studded through the meat filling. Cottage Pie is a One-Pot Meal, so technically, you do not need to serve anything with it.