Cottage Pie
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Finely dice the onion.
- 2Mince the garlic.
- 3Finely dice the celery stalks.
- 4Peel the carrots.
- 5Grate the carrots.
- 6Grate the zucchini (courgettes).
- 7Heat olive oil in a pan.
- 8Add all the chopped vegetables (onion, garlic, celery, carrots, zucchini) to the hot pan.
- 9Sauté the vegetables until softened.
- 10Add the minced beef to the pan with the vegetables and brown.
- 11Add the plain flour to the beef mixture.
- 12Stir in tomato paste.
- 13Pour in the beef stock.
- 14Add bay leaves.
- 15Season with salt and pepper.
- 16Let the mixture simmer to create a rich gravy.
- 17Prepare mashed potatoes and spread it evenly over the beef filling.
- 18Use a fork to create ridges on the mashed potato topping.
- 19Grate Parmesan cheese over the mashed potato topping.
- 20Drizzle with a little olive oil.
- 21Bake the cottage pie in the oven until golden brown and bubbling.
- 22Remove the cottage pie from the oven using oven mitts.
- 23Garnish with fresh herbs.
- 24Serve the cottage pie with a side salad.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion
- 1 tsp freshly minced garlic
- 2 celery stalks
- 2 carrots
- 2 zucchini (courgettes)
- 1 kg minced (ground) beef
- 0.33 cup plain (all-purpose) flour
- 2 tbsp tomato paste (concentrated puree)
- 3 cups beef stock
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp cracked black pepper
- 0.5 tsp salt
- potato
- Parmesan
Equipment
cutting boardknifevegetable peelergraterpanpotoven mittsbaking dishfork
Tips
- Leftovers can be frozen to avoid waste.
- Meal planning helps reduce the mental load of deciding what to cook.
- Preparing meals that yield enough for two servings makes home cooking realistic and achievable.
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