Recipe of Award-winning Cottage Pie

Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Cottage Pie is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Cottage Pie is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Always freeze the pie on the day that you make it. Defrost in the fridge overnight, then cook as per the recipe..with the kind of refrigeration we had in our homes, cooked meat could be kept much more safely than raw. Therefore, when housewives bought their Sunday meat they selected pieces large enough to. Classic, epic Cottage Pie made properly, with a luscious filling.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cottage pie using 22 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

1. Get 3 lbs lean ground beef
2. Get 1 large finely chopped onion
3. Make ready 2 cups chopped carrots
4. Make ready 2 large stalks celery finely chopped
5. Prepare 1 bag frozen peas
6. Make ready 1 cup white mushrooms, chopped
7. Get About 6 tablespoons of olive oil
8. Get 3 oxo cubes (beef stock cubes - can buy on Amazon)
9. Make ready 1 teaspoon garlic powder
10. Make ready 2 bay leaves
11. Get 1 sprig fresh thyme (optional)
12. Prepare 1 can Campbell’s French onion soup
13. Take 2 heaped tablespoons Bisto gravy powder (buy on Amazon)
14. Prepare 1 glass red wine
15. Make ready About a quarter cup of ketchup
16. Get 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
17. Take to taste Salt and pepper
18. Prepare For topping:
19. Take 2 containers Costco mashed potatoes
20. Make ready 1 tablespoon butter
21. Make ready 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
22. Make ready 1 little grated nutmeg

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Steps to make Cottage Pie:

1. In about 3 tablespoons of olive oil, Brown the beef (add a little salt and pepper)and drain - set aside.
2. In about 2 tablespoons of olive oil, Sauté chopped onions, celery, carrots, add a little salt and pepper while cooking. Cook on medium heat for about 15 minutes until softened.
3. Return meat to large pan and add a glass of red wine, can of soup, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce. Continue to cook on medium head stirring occasionally
4. Add sautéed vegetables
5. Sauté mushrooms in about 1 tablespoon of oil for about 5 minutes, and add to meat/veg mixture.
6. Add frozen peas.
7. Add 3 oxo cubes crumbled.
8. Put the bisto gravy powder in a mug or cup. Stir in about 1/4 cup cold water. Spoon into meat/veg mixture about a spoonful at a time and stir. This makes a rich gravy.
9. Check seasoning and continue cooking on low heat stirring occasionally.
10. Make the potatoes as directed. Put cooked potatoes in large bowl. Add butter, cheddar cheese and nutmeg. Mix well and set aside.
11. Remove bay leaves and thyme sprig (if used) and Spoon meat mixture into shallow casserole or baking pans (this is enough for two dishes)
12. Spoon potato mixture on the top making sure sides are sealed with potato mixture. Score top of potatoes with a fork. (Run fork across and down to make a pattern).
13. Bake in center of preheated 400 degree oven for about 30 minutes or until top is golden brown.

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