Recipe

Flat Roof Cottage Pie Recipe

	Caramia / All my dishes 2 years ago This is absolutely gorgeous as it is, but you could serve with leafy greens or any other mixture of vegetables Prep:30m Cook:80m Servings:6	Caramia
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Ingredients

½ lb (250g) minced beef. Substitute the beef for lamb if you wish to make more of a shepherd's pie

1 large onion, diced

2 garlic cloves, chopped

¾ pint (450ml) really rich meat stock (the best you can find)

2 carrots, diced

½ pound (225g) mushrooms (equivalent to 3 large flat mushrooms), diced

6 heaped tsp sun dried tomato puree

¼ pt (150ml) red wine

1 bay leaf

2 tsp thyme

1 stick of celery, finely chopped

Tip tsp cinnamon

Tip tsp cayenne

1 lb (400-500g) potatoes

Dessert spoon oil

Salt and pepper

1 level tsp sugar

Directions

In one saucepan, boil the potatoes for 10-15 minutes until nearly cooked.

In a large saucepan, heat the oil and start to brown the onions with a little salt.

When they begin to soften, add the celery and garlic and cook for a few minutes.

Add the carrots and cook for another 5 minutes or so, stirring.

Remove most of this from the pan. Don't worry about leaving some in.

Add the meat and cook until all the water has disappeared and meat starts to brown.

Add the thyme and cinnamon and stir well for a few minutes.

Add the mushrooms and cook for another few minutes, then add the wine, stock, cayenne, sugar, tomato paste and bay leaf. Season with a little more salt and pepper.

Cover and cook for 30 minutes.

Now there are a couple of options. You can either add the potatoes and cook for another 15 minutes - making an all-in-one sort of cottage pie. Or, you could thicken the meat mixture with a desert spoon of gravy granules, slice the potatoes and layer in a casserole dish with a layer of potatoes on top. Just brush the top with oil, sprinkle some more thyme and bake for 20 minutes until the potatoes start to crisp and the mixture bubbles.

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