Recipe: Yummy Brad's cottage pie

Brad's cottage pie. Try this easy cottage pie, a beef pie with mashed potato topping. If you use lamb instead of beef you can call it a shepherd's pie. This Cheesy Cottage Pie is chock-full of vegetables and a rich beef gravy, then topped with a layer of super smooth and creamy cheddar mashed potatoes.

Cottage pie is almost the same but using beef or even pork. This Weight Watchers cottage pie is a firm family favourite. It's great for a quick and easy meal packed full of goodness without overloading on calories. You can cook Brad's cottage pie using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Brad's cottage pie

1. You need of the veggies.
2. You need 1 cup of chopped asparagus.
3. It's 1 cup of sliced mushroom.
4. It's 1/2 cup of chopped sweet onion.
5. You need 2 cups of frozen veggie mix with corn carrots peas and green beans.
6. You need 1 tbs of balsamic vinegar.
7. You need of the meat.
8. You need 1 1/2 lbs of thin London broil.
9. It's 1/4 cup of worcestershire sauce.
10. It's 1/8 cup of red wine vinegar.
11. Prepare 1 tbs of garlic powder.
12. It's of the potatoes.
13. Prepare 2 of LG youkon gold potatoes.
14. It's 2 of LG sweet potatoes.
15. Prepare 4 tbs of butter.
16. You need of milk.
17. You need to taste of garlic powder, salt, and white pepper.
18. It's 1 cup of shredded cheddar.
19. It's 2 cups of prepared brown gravy.

Cottage pie was originally an old English recipe invented as a way to make the leftover meat from a Sunday roast go further, chopping the meat into small chunks, mixing with veg and onions and making. Cottage Pie: made with ground beef in gravy and mashed potatoes, baked until hot and bubbling. There's nothing nicer on a cold, dark evening than to come home to big dish of bubbling cottage pie. Traditional cottage pie with a rich meaty sauce, topped with creamy mashed potato, crisped up to golden perfection.

Brad's cottage pie step by step

1. First mix the meat ingredients and marinade meat for 1 1/2 hrs at room temperature.
2. In a LG frying pan, add 1 tbs oil. Saute onion, mushrooms, and asparagus until mushrooms are close to done. Asparagus should still be crisp. Add balsamic vinegar, 1/4 cup water, and frozen veggies. Steam until liquid cooks out..
3. Place veggies in a lightly greased 9 X 13 baking dish..
4. Meanwhile peel and boil potatoes. When soft, drain. Add butter and seasonings. Mash. Add milk until potatoes become smooth..
5. In same pan as the veggies, add 1 tbs oil. Sear London broil over med high heat until browned on both sides but still rare. Remove to a cutting board. Slice thinly across the grain. Layer over the veggies..
6. Pour the gravy over everything. Spread the potatoes evenly on top. Bake at 425 for 15 minutes. When done add cheese and return to the oven until cheese melts..
7. Serve immediately. I served with cottage cheese..

Check out my tip for ensuring also get a jug of delicious gravy to pour on top. There's nothing more comforting than coming home to a big helping of home-cooked cottage pie. 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. Classic Cottage Pie Recipe photo by Taste of Home. Shepherd's Pie/Cottage Pie: When I was very young, I think I was at a family reunion, I ate shepherd' pie for the first time, and it was soon good!