Recipe: Appetizing Corrie's Cottage Pie

Corrie's Cottage Pie. Corrie's Cottage Pie Delicious comfort food :) corrie.goodison Inverness. Combine eggs, sugar and melted chocolate in large bowl. Add flour and mix well, stirring in remaining ingredients except for pie shells.

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Ingredients of Corrie's Cottage Pie

1. It's of Meat Sauce.
2. Prepare 1 tbsp of sunflower oil.
3. Prepare 1/2 of onion.
4. You need 2 clove of garlic.
5. Prepare 1 pinch of salt.
6. Prepare 1 kg of beef mince.
7. It's 300 ml of water.
8. You need 1 of beef stock cube.
9. It's 1 can of carrots.
10. It's 1 dash of Worcestershire Sauce (optional).
11. Prepare of Mashed Potatoes.
12. It's 4 large of potatoes.
13. It's 100 ml of semi skimmed milk.
14. You need 1 tbsp of butter.
15. It's 1 of salt and pepper.
16. Prepare 1 of grated cheese (optional).

Why is it called cottage pie? It originated when the potato was being introduced as a cheap food for the poor, and the dish was popular among the people living in modest cottages. Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. Wonderful cottage pie, reminds me of the meals I had in my British school's canteen.

Corrie's Cottage Pie instructions

1. Crush the garlic with the flat end of a knife and chop finely. Chop the onion into dices..
2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan or pot and add the onion and garlic. Fry on a low to medium heat for 5 minutes. Add a pinch of salt..
3. Add the beef mince and cook through until brown. Drain off the fat..
4. Crumble the beef stock cube into the mixture and stir well. Add the water and stir again..
5. Add the carrots and bring the mixture to the boil. Add a dash of Worcestershire Sauce, if using. Cover and simmer for 1 hour..
6. Preheat the oven to 200ºC. Wash and peel the potatoes then cut into equal sized chunks..
7. Place the potatoes in a pot and pour over cold water, just enough to cover the potatoes. Bring to a boil and cook the potatoes until tender. When a potato slips of the blade of a knife easily, then they are ready :).
8. Drain the potatoes and return to the pot. Mash well, leaving no lumps then stir in the milk and butter. Mix well..
9. In a casserole dish, line all of the meat sauce on the bottom. Top with the mashed potatoes. Smooth the potatoes with a fork. Sprinkle some cheese on top if you like..
10. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes until the top is slightly browned and crispy. Serve and enjoy!.

I followed the recipe for everything except the green peas coz I do not have them on hand. I use a bigger onion instead. I forgot to dot extra butter on top, but it still came out crisp with adequately brown. Our popular bite sized savoury delight. The perfect lazy mid-day snack for any mushroom lover.