Steps to Prepare Any-night-of-the-week Cottage Pie

Cottage Pie. Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. Cottage pie is a combination of ground lamb or beef with mashed potatoes, topped with a bubbling layer of cheese is the perfect comfort food. Cottage pie is a classic dish that comes from the UK and Ireland.

A pie dish would be lined at the sides and bottom with mashed potato. A traditional cottage pie is made with ground beef and topped with mashed potatoes. We used potato slices, which saves time and looks good, too.

Hey everyone, it's John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I'm gonna show you how to make a special dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. Cottage pie is a combination of ground lamb or beef with mashed potatoes, topped with a bubbling layer of cheese is the perfect comfort food. Cottage pie is a classic dish that comes from the UK and Ireland.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook cottage pie using 9 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:

1. {Get 1/2 packages of sliced mushrooms.
2. {Make ready 1 medium of zucchini.
3. {Prepare 1 can of cream of mushroom soup.
4. {Get 1/2 medium of Onion.
5. {Make ready 2 clove of Garlic.
6. {Prepare 1/2 cup of Cheddar Cheese.
7. {Prepare 1 of Olive oil.
8. {Take 1 box of Instant mashed potatoes.
9. {Get 1 lb of Lean ground Beef.

For a shepherd's pie, use lamb. Boil the potatoes until soft and mash them with the milk until smooth and creamy. Spoon the meat mixture into a gratin dish and cover with a thick, even layer of mashed potato. Cottage Pie and Shepherd's Pie are both savory meat pies with a crust or topping of mashed potatoes.

Steps to make Cottage Pie:

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Chop garlic, onion, and zucchini..
3. Heat olive oil in pan, when hot add garlic. Sautee for 3 min..
4. Add chopped onion to garlic. Sautee until onion is caramelized. Add extra olive oil if needed..
5. Add slicedushrooms to sauteed onion and garlic. I love mushrooms so I add the entire package otherwise add 1/2 package. Add olive oil as needed - Sautee untill mushrooms are caramelized..
6. Put sauteed vege's aside into baking dish. Using the same pan, cook ground beef until pink is gone. Drain out juices..
7. When ground beef is done, add to baking dish..
8. If you want to add other veggies (ie. green beans, etc) add to baking dish now..
9. Pour contents of mushroom soup over contents of baking dish. Stir well..
10. I like cheese so I put 1/2 cup of cheese over mixture. You can omit..
11. Cook mashed potatoes according to package directions. If there are 2 packages of instant mashed potatoes in box, I use both. Can never have too much potatoes. Add to the top of mixture..
12. Bake uncovered for 30 mins in the oven or until potatoes are brown. You can add cheese to the top about 15 mins until done..
13. ** You can add chopped bacon and/or chives and sprinkle over potatoes before serving. Best to serve with bread..
14. ** Add salt and black pepper according to taste..
15. Serve with bread and green salad. Or not..

Traditionally, Shepherd's Pie is made with ground or minced lamb, while a Cottage Pie is made with ground or minced beef. We prefer beef in this house, so the Cottage Pie has always been our preference! Why is Cottage Pie called "Cottage Pie?" Cottage pie is a meat pie that is topped with mashed potatoes and baked in the oven. Now, cottage pie and shepherd's pie differ only in the type of ground meat they are made with. At its most basic, cottage pie is a meat pie (or casserole) that is topped with mashed potatoes rather than a pie crust.

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