My Family’s Cottage Pie
My Family’s Cottage Pie

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook my family’s cottage pie using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make My Family’s Cottage Pie:
  1. Make ready 1 tablespoon Canola Oil
  2. Get 1 Onion *finely chopped
  3. Take 1-2 cloves Garlic *finely chopped
  4. Take 1 Carrot *cut into Peas & Corn size
  5. Prepare 1 Celery Sticks *finely chopped
  6. Take 500 g Beef Mince
  7. Get 1 (*about 200g) Beef Steak *cut into 1.5cm pieces
  8. Take Salt & Black Pepper
  9. Get 2 tablespoons Plain Flour
  10. Prepare 1 cup Beef Stock
  11. Take 2 tablespoons Tomato Paste
  12. Take 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce (Lea & Perrins)
  13. Get 1/4 cup Frozen Peas
  14. Make ready 1/4 cup Frozen Corn
  15. Make ready <Mashed Potato>
  16. Take 800 g to 1kg Potatoes *peeled & chopped
  17. Take Salt & Pepper
  18. Take 30 g Butter
  19. Prepare 1/2 cup Milk

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Instructions to make My Family’s Cottage Pie:
  1. Heat Oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook Onion, Garlic, Carrot and Celery for 2-3 minutes. Add all Beef and cook, stirring and breaking up lumps, for 5 minutes.
  2. Add the Flour and cook, stirring, until combined, then add Stock, Tomato Paste and Worcestershire Sauce. Bring to the boil and reduce heat to simmer, stirring occasionally, cook until sauce thickens. Add Peas and Corn, season with Salt and Pepper.
  3. Meanwhile, cook Potatoes in a separate saucepan of salted water until tender. Drain well. Return to the saucepan and add Butter. Use a potato masher to mash until smooth. Add Milk and stir until well combined. Taste and season with Salt and Pepper.
  4. Preheat the oven to 220C. Spoon the mixture into a large baking dish. Cover with the mashed potato and use a fork to spread over and make a pattern.
  5. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes or until mashed potato is slightly browned. Serve immediately.

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