# Cottage Pie

This is a comforting cottage pie made with ground beef and plenty of vegetables, perfect for family dinners.

- Cuisine: British
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

1. Finely dice the onion.
2. Mince the garlic.
3. Finely dice the celery stalks.
4. Peel the carrots.
5. Grate the carrots.
6. Grate the zucchini (courgettes).
7. Heat olive oil in a pan.
8. Add all the chopped vegetables (onion, garlic, celery, carrots, zucchini) to the hot pan.
9. Sauté the vegetables until softened.
10. Add the minced beef to the pan with the vegetables and brown.
11. Add the plain flour to the beef mixture.
12. Stir in tomato paste.
13. Pour in the beef stock.
14. Add bay leaves.
15. Season with salt and pepper.
16. Let the mixture simmer to create a rich gravy.
17. Prepare mashed potatoes and spread it evenly over the beef filling.
18. Use a fork to create ridges on the mashed potato topping.
19. Grate Parmesan cheese over the mashed potato topping.
20. Drizzle with a little olive oil.
21. Bake the cottage pie in the oven until golden brown and bubbling.
22. Remove the cottage pie from the oven using oven mitts.
23. Garnish with fresh herbs.
24. Serve the cottage pie with a side salad.

## Equipment

- cutting board
- knife
- vegetable peeler
- grater
- pan
- pot
- oven mitts
- baking dish
- fork

## 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.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-07-31

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