Traditional English Cottage Pie
photo by Robert R.
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
-
1 large cottage pie bake
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 400 ml beef stock (can use 1 stock cube dissolved in 400mls hot water)
- 50 g butter
- 2 onions, peeled and finely chopped
- 2 carrots, peeled and finely diced
- 2 celery, trimmed and finely diced
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 sprig fresh thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 kg minced beef (ground beef)
- 2 tablespoons tomato puree
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 4 drops Tabasco sauce
- 175 ml red wine
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For the mash topping
- 1 kg white potato
- 75 g butter
- 1 splash milk
- parmesan cheese, for grating
directions
- Melt the butter in a pan on a medium heat. Add the onion, carrot, celery, garlic, thyme and bay leaf and fry over a medium/low heat for 10 minutes, or until softened but not coloured.
- Add the beef mince and cook for a further 10 minutes, or until brown.
- Add the tomato purée, worcestershire sauce and Tabasco, then stir and cook for 2 minutes.
- Turn the heat up to high and add the red wine. Let it bubble away and reduce for 5 minutes then add the stock and reduce to a medium heat. Simmer for a further 20 minutes, stirring often.
- Meanwhile, cut the potatoes into halves and quarters so they’re all a fairly even size. Cook in a pan of boiling, salted water for 15 to 20 minutes, or until cooked through. Drain in a colander and leave to steam dry.
- Preheat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5.
- Taste the mince and season accordingly with salt and pepper. Transfer it to an ovenproof dish (approximately 20cm by 30cm).
- Mash the potatoes with the butter, milk and a pinch of salt and pepper then spread over the top of the mince.
- Finely grate over a little parmesan cheese then cook for 45 minutes, or until golden and bubbling.
- Serve with buttered peas or a simple side salad.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Jubes
Australia
Aussie Mum - gluten-free