Cottage Pie.
You can have Cottage Pie using 14 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Cottage Pie
- It's 6 of potatoes.
- It's 1 tablespoon of margarine or butter.
- It's 450 g of beef mince.
- You need 1 of large onion.
- Prepare 2 of small carrots.
- You need 2 sticks of celery.
- You need 1 teaspoon of vegetable bullion powder (marigold).
- You need 1 of beef stock cube (oxo).
- It's 2 tablespoons of beef instant gravy granules (bistro).
- It's 4 teaspoons of Worcestershire sauce.
- You need Pinch of salt.
- It's of Sprinkle mixed dried herbs (herbs de Provence).
- Prepare of Black pepper.
- You need of Cheddar Cheese.
Cottage Pie step by step
- Dice the onions and slice the carrots thinly. Fry on a medium heat with a little oil season with mixed dried herbs, salt and pepper..
- Thinly slice the celery sticks and add to the frying pan..
- Once the onion starts to soften after about 10 minutes add the minced beef. Break it up into smaller chunks with a fork or spatula..
- While the beef is browning off peel the spuds and chop them into small chunks. Cover with water and boil on high..
- To prepare the liquor put the kettle on to boil. add the vegetable bullion beef stock cube, gravy granules and Worcestershire sauce to a measuring jug..
- Pour on boiling water and make up to a pint..
- Pour as much of the liquor into the meat as will fit, simmer to reduce... top up as necessary..
- Once the potatoes are nice and soft (20-25 mins) drain, add the margarine or butter and mash thoroughly..
- Pour the meat and vegetables into an oven proof dish. Cover with mash potatoes using a fork, try to keep it really fluffy and make lots of peeks so the top gets crispy..
- Cook in the oven for 20 minutes at 200 Degrees C.
- Cover with grated cheddar and return to the oven for 10 mins.
- It’s done... plate up and enjoy..