Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Cottage Pie

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Cottage Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Cottage Pie is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have cottage pie using 14 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

1. Take 6 potatoes
2. Take 1 tablespoon margarine or butter
3. Prepare 450 g beef mince
4. Prepare 1 large onion
5. Get 2 small carrots
6. Take 2 sticks celery
7. Get 1 teaspoon vegetable bullion powder (marigold)
8. Make ready 1 beef stock cube (oxo)
9. Get 2 tablespoons beef instant gravy granules (bistro)
10. Take 4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
11. Make ready Pinch salt
12. Make ready Sprinkle mixed dried herbs (herbs de Provence)
13. Prepare Black pepper
14. Get Cheddar Cheese

Instructions to make Cottage Pie:

1. Dice the onions and slice the carrots thinly. Fry on a medium heat with a little oil season with mixed dried herbs, salt and pepper.
2. Thinly slice the celery sticks and add to the frying pan.
3. Once the onion starts to soften after about 10 minutes add the minced beef. Break it up into smaller chunks with a fork or spatula.
4. While the beef is browning off peel the spuds and chop them into small chunks. Cover with water and boil on high.
5. To prepare the liquor put the kettle on to boil. add the vegetable bullion beef stock cube, gravy granules and Worcestershire sauce to a measuring jug.
6. Pour on boiling water and make up to a pint.
7. Pour as much of the liquor into the meat as will fit, simmer to reduce… top up as necessary.
8. Once the potatoes are nice and soft (20-25 mins) drain, add the margarine or butter and mash thoroughly.
9. Pour the meat and vegetables into an oven proof dish. Cover with mash potatoes using a fork, try to keep it really fluffy and make lots of peeks so the top gets crispy.
10. Cook in the oven for 20 minutes at 200 Degrees C
11. Cover with grated cheddar and return to the oven for 10 mins
12. It’s done… plate up and enjoy.

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