Step-by-Step Guide to Make Ultimate Cottage Pie

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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.

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, cottage pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I'm gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Cottage Pie is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It's enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it's quick, it tastes yummy. Cottage Pie is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook cottage pie using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

1. {Make ready 8 of medium sized potatoes.
2. {Make ready 1/2 kg of ground beef or lamb.
3. {Make ready 2 of carrots, diced.
4. {Make ready 1 can of green peas.
5. {Get 1 can of mushrooms, sliced.
6. {Make ready 4 cloves of garlic.
7. {Prepare 1 of onion.
8. {Make ready 1 small box of cheese, cut into cubes.
9. {Get 1 small stick of butter.
10. {Take 500 grams of spaghetti sauce.
11. {Prepare 3 tablespoons of oyster sauce.
12. {Get to taste of salt, sugar and pepper.
13. {Take 1 small can of evaporated milk.
14. {Get of Green bell peppers (optional).
15. {Take of Spiced ham, diced and cooked.

Boil the potatoes until soft and mash them with the milk until smooth and creamy. Spoon the meat mixture into a gratin dish and cover with a thick, even layer of mashed potato. Two-Potato Shepherd's Pie Shepherd's pie has another name, cottage pie, and mashed potatoes have another alternative - sweet potatoes. Whatever you call it, there's enough in the recipe to bake one casserole and freeze the other for up to three months.

Instructions to make Cottage Pie:

1. Boil potatoes in a pot until soft/cooked. Peel once cool enough to handle. Mash while adding milk and half of the butter. Set aside for later..
2. Cook garlic until golden brown. Using the same pan, cook onions until translucent. Set aside..
3. Cook ground beef for 15-20 minutes or until brown. Mix cooked garlic, onions and remaining butter. Add carrots and mushrooms. Add spaghetti sauce, green peas, and cubed cheese (leave some to grate and use for topping later). You may also add green bell peppers and cooked spiced ham if you want. Simmer for 15 minutes or until carrots are cooked..
4. In an oven-safe dish or bowl, put meat sauce and on top of it, layer prepared mashed potato mixture. Sprinkle with grated cheese and pop in the oven for 10 minutes at 350°..

Did we mention Cumberland pie is a cousin, but with bread crumbs on top? Cottage Pie is one of those rare foods that is truly perfect to make in advance. Cottage Pie and Shepherd's Pie are both savory meat pies with a crust or topping of mashed potatoes. Traditionally, Shepherd's Pie is made with ground or minced lamb, while a Cottage Pie is made with ground or minced beef. We prefer beef in this house, so the Cottage Pie has always been our preference!

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