Simple Way to Prepare Quick Cottage Pie

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cottage Pie is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Cottage Pie is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

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

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

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