Weeknight Cottage Pie
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
Boil the peeled potatoes in salted water until a knife slides through.
18 min
- 2
Brown the ground beef in a wide pan; cook until browned through, 160°F / 71°C.
8 min
- 3
Add the onion and carrot and cook until softened.
6 min
- 4
Stir in the canned tomatoes and simmer until thick.
8 min
- 5
Mash the potatoes with the butter and milk.
6 min
- 6
Stir the peas into the beef filling.
1 min
- 7
Spread the mash over the beef filling in a dish.
3 min
- 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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