Cottage Pie With A Twist
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I always call this Shepard's Pie but it is a Cottage Pie. Difference is Cottage Pie you use beef mince and shepherds Pie you use lamb mince .
Recipe and photos are mine
Ingredients
Meat sauce
800g extra lean beef mince
150g mushrooms thinly sliced
1 carrot chopped fine
1 zucchini chopped
1 large onion chopped
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 cup of beef stock
1 can 440g diced tomatoes
1 teaspoon dried thyme
Salt n pepper to taste
Oil spray or 1 tablespoon of oil
1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
2 teaspoons of cornflour mixed in a little water
Topping
4 potatoes
200g pumpkin (see notes )
1 tablespoon butter
1 beaten egg for brushing ( optional)
Method
1. Heat oil in pan. Add onion and cook until transparent not brown. Add garlic and cook for further 1 minute.
2 . Add mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes.
3. Add mince and mix through onion, garlic And mushrooms Cook until brown stiring a few times.
4. Add tomato paste and chopped tomatoes , mix, then add all other sauce ingredients except cornflour n water. . Bring to boil then simmer on low while potatoes cook At this time add the cornflour n water and stir through
5. In a saucepan 3/4 fill with water and bring to the boil , mean while peel and chip into chunks potato and pumkin. Add to boiling water and cook until soft but still firm
6. Drain and return to pan , add butter and mash together.
7. Add meat sauce to a baking dish , I used a 28cm square dish . Top with mashed potato n pumpkin. Using a fork run it across the whole top of Pie. Using a pastry brush , brush the egg on top.
8. Cook in a preheated oven 170°C or 150°C fan-forcedfor around 45 minutes.
Notes.
1. For those who font like pumkin substitute for sweet potato or just use Potato in which then add another 2 potatoes
2. You can really add any other vegetables of choice the same as you can leave out vegetables. I hate mushrooms and when I'm eating this I Ieave them out, my family love the mushrooms added. I love peas but family hate peas added
Recipe and photos are mine
Ingredients
Meat sauce
800g extra lean beef mince
150g mushrooms thinly sliced
1 carrot chopped fine
1 zucchini chopped
1 large onion chopped
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 cup of beef stock
1 can 440g diced tomatoes
1 teaspoon dried thyme
Salt n pepper to taste
Oil spray or 1 tablespoon of oil
1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
2 teaspoons of cornflour mixed in a little water
Topping
4 potatoes
200g pumpkin (see notes )
1 tablespoon butter
1 beaten egg for brushing ( optional)
Method
1. Heat oil in pan. Add onion and cook until transparent not brown. Add garlic and cook for further 1 minute.
2 . Add mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes.
3. Add mince and mix through onion, garlic And mushrooms Cook until brown stiring a few times.
4. Add tomato paste and chopped tomatoes , mix, then add all other sauce ingredients except cornflour n water. . Bring to boil then simmer on low while potatoes cook At this time add the cornflour n water and stir through
5. In a saucepan 3/4 fill with water and bring to the boil , mean while peel and chip into chunks potato and pumkin. Add to boiling water and cook until soft but still firm
6. Drain and return to pan , add butter and mash together.
7. Add meat sauce to a baking dish , I used a 28cm square dish . Top with mashed potato n pumpkin. Using a fork run it across the whole top of Pie. Using a pastry brush , brush the egg on top.
8. Cook in a preheated oven 170°C or 150°C fan-forcedfor around 45 minutes.
Notes.
1. For those who font like pumkin substitute for sweet potato or just use Potato in which then add another 2 potatoes
2. You can really add any other vegetables of choice the same as you can leave out vegetables. I hate mushrooms and when I'm eating this I Ieave them out, my family love the mushrooms added. I love peas but family hate peas added
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