Yummy Cottage pie Recipes

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Cottage pie. Being from Australia, cottage pie is a favourite when it comes to comfort food for the family. Overall, this recipe is pretty close to the orignial. Not sure why you would want to add cinnamon to a traditional cottage pie.

Cottage pie I followed the recipe for everything except the green peas coz I do not have them on hand. I use a bigger onion instead. I forgot to dot extra butter on top, but it still came out crisp with adequately brown. You can have Cottage pie using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Cottage pie

  1. It's 1 lb of ground beef.
  2. You need 1 of medium onion (minced).
  3. It's 1 tsp of garlic (minced).
  4. It's 5 of potatoes.
  5. It's 4 of dashes of worcestershire sauce.
  6. It's 1 of salt and pepper to taste.
  7. It's 1 can of whole kernel corn.
  8. You need 1 can of sweet peas.
  9. You need 1/4 of cup shredded cheddar cheese, or as much as you like.

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. This is a meat and carb heavy dish, so it goes really well with fresh side salads like a Rocket Salad with Balsamic Dressing, or a Garden Salad with French or Italian Dressing.

Cottage pie step by step

  1. Preheat oven to °400, Peel and wash potatoes, dice and begin to boil..
  2. In a large skillet add ground beef, onion, garlic, salt and pepper, and Worcestershire sauce. Cook until beef is browned..
  3. Drain corn and peas. When potatoes are done, mash well. Add ground beef to a glass baking dish..
  4. Top with corn, peas and then mashed potatoes. Coat top of potatoes with cheese. Bake for 20 min. Enjoy!!.

I recently served it with this Carrot Salad with a Honey Dijon Dressing which was a hit!. For a cosy meal on a cold winter night, try it with a side of Glazed Roasted Carrots and Sautéed. There are many variations of the recipe, but the defining ingredients include minced or ground beef with onions (and sometimes other vegetables) in a gravy. Cottage pie is a meat pie that is topped with mashed potatoes and baked in the oven. Now, cottage pie and shepherd's pie differ only in the type of ground meat they are made with.