How to Prepare Appetizing Cottage pie

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Cottage pie. Find Deals on Cottage Pie in Groceries on Amazon. 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. The hearty filling is then topped with fluffy mashed potatoes, sprinkled with Cheddar cheese, and baked.

Cottage pie 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. You can have Cottage pie using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Cottage pie

  1. It's 1 lb of ground beef.
  2. Prepare 1 of medium onion (minced).
  3. You need 1 tsp of garlic (minced).
  4. It's 5 of potatoes.
  5. You need 4 of dashes of worcestershire sauce.
  6. Prepare 1 of salt and pepper to taste.
  7. It's 1 can of whole kernel corn.
  8. You need 1 can of sweet peas.
  9. You need 1/4 of cup shredded cheddar cheese, or as much as you like.

This is a meat and carb heavy dish, so it goes really well with fresh side salads like a Rocket Salad with Balsamic Dressing, or a Garden Salad with French or Italian Dressing. I recently served it with this Carrot Salad with a Honey Dijon Dressing which was a hit!. For a cosy meal on a cold winter night, try it with a side of Glazed Roasted Carrots and Sautéed. Cottage pie is actually older than shepherd's pie.

Cottage pie step by step

  1. Preheat oven to °400, Peel and wash potatoes, dice and begin to boil..
  2. In a large skillet add ground beef, onion, garlic, salt and pepper, and Worcestershire sauce. Cook until beef is browned..
  3. Drain corn and peas. When potatoes are done, mash well. Add ground beef to a glass baking dish..
  4. Top with corn, peas and then mashed potatoes. Coat top of potatoes with cheese. Bake for 20 min. Enjoy!!.

Potatoes were affordable ingredients that were often used by the peasants, who lived in cottages. 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. There are many variations of the recipe, but the defining ingredients include minced or ground beef with onions (and sometimes other vegetables) in.

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