Easy Cottage Pie
The perfect comforting family meal, this easy cottage pie features a layer of flavourful meat and veggies topped with fluffy mashed potatoes.
Serving: 6
Calories: 315kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 carrot, finely cubed
- 1 celery stalk, finely cubed
- 1 golden onion, finely cubed
- 500 g beef mince
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 3 sprigs of thyme
- 1 tablespoon double-concentrate tomato paste
- 450 ml vegetable stock, or chicken stock
- 900 g 3-Ingredient Mashed Potatoes
- sea salt and black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Heat a medium (26 cm/10-inch large) oven-friendly skillet with 2 tablespoons of olive oil over low heat. Fold in the carrot, celery and onion and cook, stirring often for about 5 minutes, until the veggies have softened. Then tranfer the vegetables into a bowl until needed.
- Return the pot to medium heat, add in the beef and cook, stirring often, until it's browned, then scoop out with a spoon any excess fat.
- Add back in the veggies, then add the Worcestershire sauce, followed by the tomato paste and thyme sprigs, and cook, stirring all the ingredients together, for a further 2 minutes.
- Pour the stock into the pot, bring to a gentle boil and simmer, covering the pot with a lid, for 20 minutes. Remove the lid and continue to cook for a further 10 minutes. Discard the thyme sprigs and season with sea salt and freshly-cracked black pepper to taste.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180°C/ fan 160°C/ gas 4.
- Remove the skillet from the heat, and top the meat with prepared mashed potatoes, then raffle the top with a fork. Alternatively, transfer the mashed potatoes into a piping bag and pipe on top of the meat.
- Transfer the skillet into the oven and bake for 10-15 minutes, then place under the grill for a further 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving.
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Notes
- You could definitely use store-bought mashed potatoes, but homemade is always best. Boil your potatoes while you’re busy with the ground meat mixture. By making your own homemade mashed potatoes you can make sure is fluffy and creamy.
- Feel free to add other veggies into the mix: mushrooms, sweet potatoes, frozen corn or peas all work great.
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Nutrition
Calories: 315kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 23g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 59mg | Sodium: 413mg | Potassium: 334mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1899IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 2mg
The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.