Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Award-winning Cottage Pie

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Classic, epic Cottage Pie made properly, with a luscious filling. Cottage Pie - comfort food central! This English classic has a deeply savoury beef mince filling smothered in gravy topped with creamy mashed. Make sure the pie is completely cold, then cover it well with cling film and freeze.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cottage pie using 24 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

1. Take meat mixture
2. Prepare 1 tbsp butter
3. Prepare 1 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin
4. Prepare 1 lb ground beef
5. Take 1 cup onion, chopped
6. Make ready 2 tbsp garlic, minced
7. Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp dry rosemary
8. Get salt
9. Prepare 1 tbsp ground cumin
10. Prepare 4 tsp worcestershire sauce
11. Take 1 tbsp ketchup
12. Get 1 tsp cayenne pepper
13. Make ready 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
14. Take 1 1/2 cup beef broth
15. Prepare 1 cup frozen peas
16. Make ready 1 cup frozen carrots
17. Get potato topping
18. Get 6 medium purple potatoes
19. Prepare 1 tbsp butter
20. Prepare 1/3 cup heavy cream
21. Prepare 1/2 cup pepper jack cheese
22. Get 1/2 cup cheddar cheese
23. Take 1 egg, beaten
24. Take salt

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Instructions to make Cottage Pie:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. In a deep sauce pan add in butter and oil on medium heat.
3. Add in the onions, garlic, and beef, and saute for 10 minutes until beef is cooked through.
4. Add in flour and mix; the flour will absorb the extra moisture to create a gravy later.
5. Cook for another 3-4 minutes to cook off the flours raw edge and add in the below seasoning ingredients.
6. Add in broth, cook and stir until sauce has thicken (about 5 minutes).
7. Stir in frozen veggies, and remove from heat.
8. Add meat and veggie filling into a baking dish… Be sure to flatten your meat mixture in the dish.
9. Meanwhile boil your potatoes until fork tender.
10. Then add in butter, heavy cream, cheese, seasoning, & egg yoke. Mash and mix well.
11. Using a large spoon, place dollops of potatoes over your meat filling, then using a fork, gently spread potatoes evenly across the meat filling. Doing it this way will help from pulling the meat up & mixing it into the potato crust.
12. Bake in oven for 30 minutes until the sides have brown.
13. Remove baking dish from oven and let cool for 10-15 minutes before serving.

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