Step-by-Step Guide to Make Perfect Cottage Pie

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cottage Pie is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Cottage Pie is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cottage pie using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

1. Take For the mash
2. Take 2.5 Kg Maris Piper potatoes
3. Take 150 ml double cream
4. Take 300 ml milk
5. Get 3-4 knobs butter
6. Prepare Pinch salt
7. Take Pinch pepper
8. Get Pinch nutmeg
9. Make ready For the filling
10. Prepare 750 g beef mince
11. Make ready 50 g peas
12. Make ready 3 tbsp olive oil
13. Get 2 large knobs of salted butter
14. Make ready 1 tbsp paprika
15. Take Sprinkle of chilli powder
16. Take For the topping
17. Take 400 g medium cheddar cheese, grated
18. Get To serve
19. Take Savoy cabbage
20. Take 600 ml gravy

Instructions to make Cottage Pie:

1. Peel the potatoes and put them in a saucepan with water and a pinch of salt, and boil. This should take about 30-40 minutes.
2. While the potatoes are cooking, add the oil and butter to a saucepan on a medium/high heat, and once the oil starts sizzling - add the mince and break it all apart so all the meat in separated. Fry until browned and the liquid fat has been cooked off. Add the peas.
3. To check the potatoes are cooked, try and pick one up by stabbing it with a knife. If it falls off the knife with ease, the potatoes are done. Drain and mash, gradually adding milk, butter and cream where necessary. Add the salt, pepper and nutmeg… mash until there are no lumps.
4. In a large oven dish, spread the mince filling across the bottom, until level. Repeat with the mash. Top with the cheese and bake in a preheated oven (150°C) until the cheese is golden brown. Serve immediately with gravy and savoy cabbage.

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