Recipe: Appetizing A Proper Cottage Pie

A Proper Cottage Pie. Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. Cottage pie came out great, my family raved about it and everyone fought for seconds. I made this for a British style murder mystery that I was hosting.

Spread over meat mixture; sprinkle with remaining cheese. Place pie plate on a foil-lined baking sheet (plate will be full). A Proper Cottage Pie Cottage pie is made from beef, whereas real, Shepherd's pie, is made using lamb. You can cook A Proper Cottage Pie using 25 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of A Proper Cottage Pie

1. Prepare of Filling.
2. It's 1-1/3 pound of ground beef.
3. You need 2 cups of beef broth.
4. You need 1-1/2 cups of carrots.
5. You need 1-1/4 cup of celery.
6. It's 1-1/3 cup of onion.
7. Prepare 1/2 cup of red wine.
8. Prepare 1/3 cup of all purpose flour.
9. Prepare 2 tablespoons of tomato paste.
10. You need 1-1/2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce.
11. Prepare 2 tablespoons of minced garlic.
12. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of dried thyme.
13. It's 1 teaspoon of salt.
14. It's 1 teaspoon of ground black pepper.
15. It's 4 tablespoons of butter.
16. You need of Mash.
17. You need 4 tablespoons of butter.
18. It's To taste of salt.
19. You need 1 cup of sharp cheddar cheese shredded.
20. You need 1-2/3 pound of potatoes.
21. You need As needed of water.
22. You need 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley flakes.
23. You need 1 cup of evaporated milk.
24. Prepare of Topping.
25. Prepare 1 cup of sharp cheddar cheese shredded.

Some people can use gravy granules, to make the gravy part. I can't because it contains MSG which I am allergic to. Also if you would like to add a cup of English peas to the filling feel free to do so. Oh you don't neccesarily have to use cheese.

A Proper Cottage Pie step by step

1. Peel wash and cube the potatoes. Cover with water and boil till fork tender. Drain the water. Add the butter, and milk. Shred the cheese and add to the potatoes. Add the parsley and salt..
2. Whip the potatoes well till creamy. Let rest. Chop the vegetables and melt the butter..
3. Sauté the vegetables for 12 minutes in the butter with the salt, pepper, garlic, and thyme. Add the beef and when browned add the wine and allow to reduce. Simmer 15 minutes. This can be done as you are doing the potatoes..
4. When the liquids are reduced add the flour and tomato paste. Stir and incorporate well. Let the flour cout and cook for 7 minutes. Add the broth..
5. Preheat the oven 400°Fahrenheit. Stir well stirring constantly this will thicken. Transfer to an oven safe pan I used an 8×12 pan about 2-1/2 inch deep. Spread it out evenly. Then add the mashed potatoes I used a spoon, but you can pipe it on..
6. Take a big fork and plow the field, put grooves on top. Then top off with 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese shredded. Put onto another pan. I put parchment paper on the bottom pan for easy cleanup. It's gonna bubble over!!!.
7. Bake 30 minutes. Take out of oven and allow to rest 12-15 minutes before serving. I hope you enjoy!!!!.

Proper English Cottage Pie Proper English cottage pie is a native dish of United Kingdom is a meat pie made with a crust of mashed potato. Let see how to prepare this dish in detail. Wonderful cottage pie, reminds me of the meals I had in my British school's canteen. I followed the recipe for everything except the green peas coz I do not have them on hand. I use a bigger onion instead.