Recipe: Delicious Cottage Pie Cups

Cottage Pie Cups. A ground beef and vegetable filling is coated in flavorful gravy and topped with mashed potatoes, making this Cottage Pie a nourishing, cozy and easy dinner. The simple recipe is a classic comfort food favorite — and it's perfect for St. For this savory pie, ground beef, onions, veggies, herbs and spices marry perfectly: Everything is sauteed together and then combined with broth and tomato paste, and simmered until ready to pour into a prepared pie crust.

Wonderful cottage pie reminds me of the meals I had in my British school's canteen. I followed the recipe for everything except the green peas coz I do not have them on hand. I use a bigger onion instead. You can have Cottage Pie Cups using 21 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Cottage Pie Cups

1. It's 1 teaspoon of salt.
2. It's 1 tablespoon of distilled white vinegar.
3. You need 1 cup of ice water.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup of butter.
5. You need 1/2 cup of lard.
6. It's 3 cups of all purpose flour.
7. You need of Potatoes------------------.
8. Prepare 6 of medium potatoes.
9. You need 12 ounces of evaporated milk.
10. It's To taste of salt.
11. You need 2 of large egg yokes.
12. Prepare 1/2 stick of butter.
13. You need 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese.
14. It's of Beef mixture---------------------.
15. It's 2 pound of ground chuck.
16. Prepare 1 of large carrot grated.
17. Prepare 1 of medium onion grated.
18. You need 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce.
19. Prepare To taste of kosher salt.
20. Prepare To taste of ground black pepper.
21. It's 1 tablespoon of tomato paste.

I forgot to dot extra butter on top but it still came out crisp with adequately brown. Place frozen cottage pie cups in a greased baking dish and cover with foil. More Recipes from Where There's A Meal, There's A Way. Put in the water and boil till fork tender.

Cottage Pie Cups step by step

1. Preheat oven 400 degrees Fahrenheit..
2. Peel and dice the potatoes. Put in the water and boil till fork tender..
3. Drain the potatoes put back into the pot add the milk, yokes, and butter mash and mix till creamy. Stir in the mozzarella cheese. Salt to taste. Let cool.
4. To a skillet add the beef, carrots, onions, Worcestershire sauce, and spices. Brown the beef then drain. Add the tomato paste. Simmer 7 minutes..
5. Simmering..
6. Cut in the shortening and the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Mix the water and vinegar together in a cup. Add the mixture to the crumbs. Mix together just until the dough is combined knead till easy to work with..
7. Spray the muffin pan with nonstick spray. Add the pie crust to the muffin pan fill each hole..
8. Add meat filling to the pie crust.
9. Add potatoes to a ziploc bag. Cut the tip of one corner off..
10. Squeeze the potatoes through the opening, or spoon it on..
11. Add the muffin pan to the oven and bake 20-25 minutes till crust is done and Potatoes are browned a bit..
12. Let rest 10 minutes. Serve, I hope you enjoy!!.

Drain the potatoes put back into the pot add the milk, yokes, and butter mash and mix till creamy. 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. Drain potatoes; mash with milk and butter.