Recipe

Comforting Cottage Pie Recipe


Comforting Cottage Pie Recipe
Tasty and fabulous for a cold night

Caramia

 Does this look good? Yeah! / Nope
Fans
Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 2 medium carrots, chopped
  • 560g/1¼ lb beef mince
  • 400g/14oz can tomatoes
  • 290ml/10fl oz beef stock
  • 1 bay leaf
  • fresh thyme leaves from 1 sprig
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • For the topping:
  • parsnips, potato and horseradish mash
  • 750g/1½ lb potatoes, peeled and chopped
  • 225g/8oz parsnips, peeled and chopped
  • 2 tsp creamed horseradish
  • 75g/2½oz butter
  • 55ml/2fl oz milk

Directions
  1. 1.Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas mark 5
  2. 2. Heat the oil in a large pan. Add the onion and carrot and cook over a medium heat for 5 minutes until soft.
  3. 3. Add the minced beef and cook for 3 minutes to brown.
  4. 4. Add the tomatoes, purée, beef stock, bay leaf and thyme.
  5. 5. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Season.
  6. 6. Make the mash: boil the potatoes and parsnips in water until soft. Drain and mash with the butter and milk. Stir in the horseradish and season with salt and pepper.
  7. 7. Spoon the meat into an ovenproof dish. Top with the mash and bake for 30 minutes until golden brown.

Recent Gawkers
Not quite what you're looking for? See more Main Dish / Beef
Comments


Aptly named, this does sound cozy and comforting on a cold wintry night. I'll look forward to trying this on a cold night.


Another great post.....Thanks for the great recipes


Yum.


Love the addition of parsnips. Such an underutilized veggie. Thanks for the post and lovely dish.


Add a Comment
You must be logged in to comment on a recipe. Login
Alterations
No alterations yet


Suggest an Alteration
You must be logged in to suggest a recipe alteration. Login
Viewing Comforting Cottage Pie Recipe

Tool Box

url
Print Recipe
Email it
Send Recipe to Cell Phone
Login to Add a Note [?]
Login to Save this [?]
Subscribe to caramia [?]
Flag as Interesting/Unique [?]
Add to Comparison Queue [?]

Flavors

Login to Add Flavor Tags [?]

Ratings & Honors

5

You need to be logged in to rate a recipe.

Groups

This recipe belongs to the following groups:
This recipe isn't in any groups
You need to be logged in to add a recipe to a group

Related Menus