cottage pie
My attempt on the traditional English dish....Same as "shepard's Pie" just minus the lamb, beef only.....a dish that tastes even better the 2nd day!
prep time
30 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
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yield
6-8 people
Ingredients
- 5 - potatoes
- 1 - clove of garlic
- 1 cup any white shredded cheese
- - salt & pepper
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 scoop sour cream (or a splash of milk)
- 1-1/2 pound ground beef
- 1 can peas
- 2 - carrots, peeled, sliced
- 1 package mushrooms sliced
- 1 - onion, chopped
- 2 - beef buillon cube
- 1 sprig thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 4 - cloves of garlic, minced/chopped
- 2 pinches paprika
- 2 - spoonfuls of tomato paste
- 2 - (heaping) spoonfuls of sour cream
- 2 cups shredded cheddar
How To Make cottage pie
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Step 1Peel, Cube potatoes, boil with clove of garlic. When finished cooking, drain water, and put back into pan, put the heat back on and cook potatoes a little more to draw out the excess liquid. Add in butter, salt & Pepper, sour cream (or milk) and mash up. Add in white shredded cheese.
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Step 2Cook onion, garlic, salt, pepper. Add in other spices. Add in carrots. Add tomato paste & bullion cubes Add in beef, cook down as much as you can (i did not drain my beef mix, however there was not much grease left) add in peas put mushrooms on top and finish cooking put in casserole dish add in 2 spoons of sour cream, extra salt & pepper if needed
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Step 3top with mashed potato/cheese mix. Finish off with Shredded Cheddar Cheese. Bake at 400 for 40 minutes, uncovered, hopefully the top will be good and crunchy.
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