How to Make Super Quick Homemade Cottage Pie

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Cottage Pie is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Cottage Pie is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

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

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

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