Cottage Pie Please click here to download PDF version Ingredients
Equipment
InstructionsStep 1 Pour 500ml of boiling water into a measuring jug.Add 1 stock cube and stir until it has melted. Step 2 Peel and chop up 2 onions. Step 3 Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan.Add the onions and fry for a few minutes until they go soft. Step 4 Add 500g of mince and fry until it turns brown. Step 5 Add the stock to the mince.Add a teaspoon of mixed herbs to the mince.When the juices are simmering, put on the lid and cook for 20 minutes.Take the lid off and cook for another 20 minutes. Step 6 Whilst the mince is simmering turn on the oven to 180c / fan 160c/ gas 4.Peel and chop 900g of potatoes. Put the potatoes in a saucepan and cover with boiling water.Cook for 15 minutes. Put the cooked potatoes in a colander over a sink to drain the potatoes. Put the potatoes back into the saucepan.Add 2 tablespoons of milk.Add 85g of butter.Mash together. Step 7 Put the mince into a casserole dish. Put the mashed potato on top of the mince. Step 8 Bake for 20-25 minutes until the top is starting to go brown and the mince is bubbling through at the edges. Enjoy!
Pour 500ml of boiling water into a measuring jug.Add 1 stock cube and stir until it has melted.
Peel and chop up 2 onions.
Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan.Add the onions and fry for a few minutes until they go soft.
Add 500g of mince and fry until it turns brown.
Add the stock to the mince.Add a teaspoon of mixed herbs to the mince.When the juices are simmering, put on the lid and cook for 20 minutes.Take the lid off and cook for another 20 minutes.
Whilst the mince is simmering turn on the oven to 180c / fan 160c/ gas 4.Peel and chop 900g of potatoes.
Put the potatoes in a saucepan and cover with boiling water.Cook for 15 minutes.
Put the cooked potatoes in a colander over a sink to drain the potatoes.
Put the potatoes back into the saucepan.Add 2 tablespoons of milk.Add 85g of butter.Mash together.
Put the mince into a casserole dish.
Put the mashed potato on top of the mince.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until the top is starting to go brown and the mince is bubbling through at the edges.
Enjoy!