PHOTO RECIPE Cottage pie

Name: Cottage pie
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 1.5 tablespoon olive oil; 2 cloves garlic (minced); 1 onion (finely chopped); 1 carrot (finely chopped); 1 celery (finely chopped); 1.5 lb beef mince (ground beef); 0.25 cup flour (plain all purpose) (g); 0.25 cup tomato paste (g); 2 cups beef stock broth; 0.5 cup red wine (or water); 1 cube beef broth; 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; 1 tsp dried thyme (or sprigs fresh thyme); 2 dried bay leaves; 0.75 tsp salt; 0.5 tsp black pepper; 1.2 kg potatoes (peeled and cut into cubes); 0.67 cup milk (warmed); 2 tablespoon butter; 2 tablespoon butter; 2 tablespoon parmesan (grated)

90 min

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90 min

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Ingredients

number of servings

Ingredients

1¹⁄₂ tablespoon olive oil Added to
2 cloves garlic (minced) Added to
1 onion (finely chopped) Added to
1 carrot (finely chopped) Added to
1 celery (finely chopped) Added to
1¹⁄₂ lb beef mince (ground beef) Added to
¹⁄₄ cup flour (plain all purpose) (g) Added to
¹⁄₄ cup tomato paste (g) Added to
2 cups beef stock broth Added to
¹⁄₂ cup red wine (or water) Added to
1 cube beef broth Added to
2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce Added to
1 tsp dried thyme (or sprigs fresh thyme) Added to
2 dried bay leaves Added to
³⁄₄ tsp salt Added to
¹⁄₂ tsp black pepper Added to

TOPPING

1.2 kg potatoes (peeled and cut into cubes) Added to
²⁄₃ cup milk (warmed) Added to
2 tablespoon butter Added to

PARMESAN CRUST

2 tablespoon butter Added to
2 tablespoon parmesan (grated) Added to

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Directions

1. Step

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add onion and garlic, cook for 1 minute. Then add carrots and celery. Cook for 3 minutes or until softened and sweet.

2. Step

Turn heat up to high. Add beef and cook, breaking it up as you go, until browned.

3. Step

Add flour and mix in. Add tomato paste, broth, red wine, bouillon cube, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, bay leaves, salt and pepper.

4. Step

Bring to simmer, then turn down heat so it is simmering rapidly - I have it on medium high. Cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until it reduces down to a gravy consistency. Taste then add more salt if desired.

5. Step

Transfer to 6 cup pie dish (1.5 litre / quart). Cover, cool if you have time (even overnight). Cool filling = easier to top with mash.

6. Step

Now it's time to assemble the pie. Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F. Cook potatoes in boiling water for 15 minutes or until soft. Drain then return to pot on turned off stove. Shake briefly and allow to steam dry for 30 seconds or so.

7. Step

Add butter and mash until melted, then add milk and salt. Mash until smooth.

8. Step

Spread onto pie, use a fork to rough up the surface (rougher surface = more golden bits). Sprinkle with paremsan, drizzle with butter (or skip this and just drizzle with olive oil)