Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cottage Pie is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Cottage Pie is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

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

Instructions 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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