Easiest Way to Cook Yummy Cottage Pie

Cottage Pie. Being from Australia, cottage pie is a favourite when it comes to comfort food for the family. Overall, this recipe is pretty close to the orignial. Not sure why you would want to add cinnamon to a traditional 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 cook Cottage Pie using 24 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cottage Pie

1. Prepare of meat mixture.
2. Prepare 1 tbsp of butter.
3. Prepare 1 tbsp of olive oil, extra virgin.
4. You need 1 lb of ground beef.
5. You need 1 cup of onion, chopped.
6. It's 2 tbsp of garlic, minced.
7. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of dry rosemary.
8. It's of salt.
9. Prepare 1 tbsp of ground cumin.
10. It's 4 tsp of worcestershire sauce.
11. Prepare 1 tbsp of ketchup.
12. It's 1 tsp of cayenne pepper.
13. Prepare 1/3 cup of all-purpose flour.
14. You need 1 1/2 cup of beef broth.
15. It's 1 cup of frozen peas.
16. It's 1 cup of frozen carrots.
17. You need of potato topping.
18. It's 6 of medium purple potatoes.
19. Prepare 1 tbsp of butter.
20. Prepare 1/3 cup of heavy cream.
21. You need 1/2 cup of pepper jack cheese.
22. You need 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese.
23. It's 1 of egg, beaten.
24. Prepare of salt.

View Suggestions BACK TO TOP See all Scripps Networks Digital. 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.

Cottage Pie step by step

1. Preheat oven to 375°F..
2. In a deep sauce pan add in butter and oil on medium heat..
3. Add in the onions, garlic, and beef, and saute for 10 minutes until beef is cooked through..
4. Add in flour and mix; the flour will absorb the extra moisture to create a gravy later..
5. Cook for another 3-4 minutes to cook off the flours raw edge and add in the below seasoning ingredients..
6. Add in broth, cook and stir until sauce has thicken (about 5 minutes)..
7. Stir in frozen veggies, and remove from heat..
8. Add meat and veggie filling into a baking dish... Be sure to flatten your meat mixture in the dish..
9. Meanwhile boil your potatoes until fork tender..
10. Then add in butter, heavy cream, cheese, seasoning, & egg yoke. Mash and mix well..
11. Using a large spoon, place dollops of potatoes over your meat filling, then using a fork, gently spread potatoes evenly across the meat filling. Doing it this way will help from pulling the meat up & mixing it into the potato crust..
12. Bake in oven for 30 minutes until the sides have brown..
13. Remove baking dish from oven and let cool for 10-15 minutes before serving..

There are many variations of the recipe, but the defining ingredients include minced or ground beef with onions (and sometimes other vegetables) in a gravy. Cottage pie is actually older than shepherd's pie. Potatoes were affordable ingredients that were often used by the peasants, who lived in cottages. Prepared mashed potatoes will help you whip up this classic Cottage Pie with Potato Crust recipe with ease. You can even make up a double batch so you can freeze half for later.

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