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Weeknight Cottage Pie

60 minweeknight4 servingshigh-protein

Ingredients

  • Ground beef500 gOn hand
  • Potato900 g, floury, peeledOn hand
  • Onion1 medium, dicedOn hand
  • Carrot2 medium, dicedOn hand
  • Canned tomatoes400 g canoptional
  • Milk100 mloptional
  • Butter50 goptional
  • Peas100 goptional

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Steps

  1. 1

    Boil the peeled potatoes in salted water until a knife slides through.

    18 min

  2. 2

    Brown the ground beef in a wide pan; cook until browned through, 160°F / 71°C.

    8 min

  3. 3

    Add the onion and carrot and cook until softened.

    6 min

  4. 4

    Stir in the canned tomatoes and simmer until thick.

    8 min

  5. 5

    Mash the potatoes with the butter and milk.

    6 min

  6. 6

    Stir the peas into the beef filling.

    1 min

  7. 7

    Spread the mash over the beef filling in a dish.

    3 min

  8. 8

    Bake at 200°C / 400°F until the mash peaks brown.

    10 min

Cook’s note. Fork-rake the mash top before baking; more ridges mean more crispy brown edges.

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