Simple Way to Make Homemade Cottage Pie

Cottage Pie.

Hey everyone, I hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, we're going to prepare a distinctive dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cottage Pie is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It's easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Cottage Pie is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have cottage pie using 20 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

1. {Take of For the mash.
2. {Prepare 2.5 Kg of Maris Piper potatoes.
3. {Make ready 150 ml of double cream.
4. {Prepare 300 ml of milk.
5. {Take 3-4 knobs of butter.
6. {Make ready Pinch of salt.
7. {Get Pinch of pepper.
8. {Make ready Pinch of nutmeg.
9. {Prepare of For the filling.
10. {Prepare 750 g of beef mince.
11. {Make ready 50 g of peas.
12. {Take 3 tbsp of olive oil.
13. {Make ready 2 of large knobs of salted butter.
14. {Take 1 tbsp of paprika.
15. {Take of Sprinkle of chilli powder.
16. {Prepare of For the topping.
17. {Take 400 g of medium cheddar cheese, grated.
18. {Prepare of To serve.
19. {Make ready of Savoy cabbage.
20. {Prepare 600 ml of gravy.

Steps to make Cottage Pie:

1. Peel the potatoes and put them in a saucepan with water and a pinch of salt, and boil. This should take about 30-40 minutes..
2. While the potatoes are cooking, add the oil and butter to a saucepan on a medium/high heat, and once the oil starts sizzling - add the mince and break it all apart so all the meat in separated. Fry until browned and the liquid fat has been cooked off. Add the peas..
3. To check the potatoes are cooked, try and pick one up by stabbing it with a knife. If it falls off the knife with ease, the potatoes are done. Drain and mash, gradually adding milk, butter and cream where necessary. Add the salt, pepper and nutmeg... mash until there are no lumps..
4. In a large oven dish, spread the mince filling across the bottom, until level. Repeat with the mash. Top with the cheese and bake in a preheated oven (150°C) until the cheese is golden brown. Serve immediately with gravy and savoy cabbage..

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