Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, a proper cottage pie. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Tonight I made my all-time favorite online recipe! It is a spin off of the traditional Shepherd's pie. This recipe is a savory pie and the recipe can be.

A Proper Cottage Pie is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. A Proper Cottage Pie is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have a proper cottage pie using 25 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make A Proper Cottage Pie:

1. Take Filling
2. Prepare 1-1/3 pound ground beef
3. Take 2 cups beef broth
4. Take 1-1/2 cups carrots
5. Make ready 1-1/4 cup celery
6. Get 1-1/3 cup onion
7. Get 1/2 cup red wine
8. Get 1/3 cup all purpose flour
9. Prepare 2 tablespoons tomato paste
10. Prepare 1-1/2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
11. Make ready 2 tablespoons minced garlic
12. Get 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
13. Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
14. Prepare 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
15. Get 4 tablespoons butter
16. Take Mash
17. Prepare 4 tablespoons butter
18. Take To taste salt
19. Prepare 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese shredded
20. Make ready 1-2/3 pound potatoes
21. Prepare As needed water
22. Take 2 tablespoons chopped parsley flakes
23. Get 1 cup evaporated milk
24. Prepare Topping
25. Get 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese shredded

Always freeze the pie on the day that you make it. Cottage pie or shepherd's pie is a type of savory pie. It is made with minced meat, with mashed potato on top. It comes from the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Instructions to make A Proper Cottage Pie:

1. Peel wash and cube the potatoes. Cover with water and boil till fork tender. Drain the water. Add the butter, and milk. Shred the cheese and add to the potatoes. Add the parsley and salt.
2. Whip the potatoes well till creamy. Let rest. Chop the vegetables and melt the butter.
3. Sauté the vegetables for 12 minutes in the butter with the salt, pepper, garlic, and thyme. Add the beef and when browned add the wine and allow to reduce. Simmer 15 minutes. This can be done as you are doing the potatoes.
4. When the liquids are reduced add the flour and tomato paste. Stir and incorporate well. Let the flour cout and cook for 7 minutes. Add the broth.
5. Preheat the oven 400°Fahrenheit. Stir well stirring constantly this will thicken. Transfer to an oven safe pan I used an 8×12 pan about 2-1/2 inch deep. Spread it out evenly. Then add the mashed potatoes I used a spoon, but you can pipe it on.
6. Take a big fork and plow the field, put grooves on top. Then top off with 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese shredded. Put onto another pan. I put parchment paper on the bottom pan for easy cleanup. It's gonna bubble over!!!
7. Bake 30 minutes. Take out of oven and allow to rest 12-15 minutes before serving. I hope you enjoy!!!!

The dish is now popular worldwide. Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. Warming to the tips of your toes, a comforting dish of cottage pie is one of the best things about winter. James Martin's easy cottage pie recipe is a family favourite. He goes back to basics to show you how to make a classic version, but easier.

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