How to Make Perfect Cottage Pie

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look 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.

Cottage Pie is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Cottage Pie is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook cottage pie using 9 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

1. Get 1/2 packages sliced mushrooms
2. Prepare 1 medium zucchini
3. Make ready 1 can cream of mushroom soup
4. Get 1/2 medium Onion
5. Get 2 clove Garlic
6. Take 1/2 cup Cheddar Cheese
7. Get 1 Olive oil
8. Get 1 box Instant mashed potatoes
9. Take 1 lb Lean ground Beef

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Instructions to make Cottage Pie:

1. Preheat oven to 375
2. Chop garlic, onion, and zucchini.
3. Heat olive oil in pan, when hot add garlic. Sautee for 3 min.
4. Add chopped onion to garlic. Sautee until onion is caramelized. Add extra olive oil if needed.
5. Add slicedushrooms to sauteed onion and garlic. I love mushrooms so I add the entire package otherwise add 1/2 package. Add olive oil as needed - Sautee untill mushrooms are caramelized.
6. Put sauteed vege's aside into baking dish. Using the same pan, cook ground beef until pink is gone. Drain out juices.
7. When ground beef is done, add to baking dish.
8. If you want to add other veggies (ie. green beans, etc) add to baking dish now.
9. Pour contents of mushroom soup over contents of baking dish. Stir well.
10. I like cheese so I put 1/2 cup of cheese over mixture. You can omit.
11. Cook mashed potatoes according to package directions. If there are 2 packages of instant mashed potatoes in box, I use both. Can never have too much potatoes. Add to the top of mixture.
12. Bake uncovered for 30 mins in the oven or until potatoes are brown. You can add cheese to the top about 15 mins until done.
13. ** You can add chopped bacon and/or chives and sprinkle over potatoes before serving. Best to serve with bread.
14. ** Add salt and black pepper according to taste.
15. Serve with bread and green salad. Or not.

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