It’s rare that Mrs F cooks, but when she does, her signature dish is this Cheesy Cottage Pie and it is yummy!
Can’t cook, won’t cook
It’s no secret that Mrs F doesn’t do much cooking. It’s not that she can’t cook, it’s just I watch over her when she is. Mainly because “that’s not how I do it”. So she just generally doesn’t bother. On top of that, she works a lot so the last thing you want to be doing is cooking when you get in from a hard days graft.
Cheesy Cottage pie
Mrs F’s Cheesy Cottage pie is one of those dishes that you can’t help but have more than one portion of. It’s quite a simple recipe but it does take a little while to cook. Good things, come to those who wait!
This recipe contains lots of cheese. Mrs F made it and she’s obsessed with cheese!
Mrs F’s Cheesy Cottage Pie
Ingredients
- 500g beef mince
- 3 carrots – chopped
- 1 medium onion – chopped
- 180g fresh or frozen garden peas
- 1 Garlic clove – crushed
- 2tsp dry Mixed herbs
- Salt and pepper
- 2tbsp beef gravy mix
- 200ml boiling water
- 2tbsp vegetable oil
- 2tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 6 large potatoes – chopped & quartered
- 100ml milk
- 25g butter
- 200g mature cheese
Instructions
- Add the oil to a deep pan.
- Add the garlic, onions & carrots and lightly fry until onions are translucent.
- Add the mince to the pan and fry until browned.
- Add the Worcestershire and ensure everything is mixed well.
- Add the mixed herbs, salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the gravy granules to the boiling water and mix until granules are dissolved.
- Pour the gravy into the pan and mix well.
- Allow to simmer for 30 minutes.
- Remove the mixture from the heat and pour into a 40cm oven proof dish.
- Add the peas and mix.
- Allow to cool for 30 minutes.
- Pre heat the oven to 180c / gas mark 4
- Boil the potatoes for 20 minutes or until the potatoes break easily.
- Drain and mash the potatoes, adding the butter and milk to creat a fluffy mash.
- Add the cheese to the mash and mix well
- Spoon the mash over the cooled mince
- Level the mash and make a pretty pattern with a fork.
- Place in the centre of the oven and bake for 20-30 minutes, until the peaks of the mash start browning.
- Serve, and enjoy!
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I used to make cottage pie for my husband all the time but haven’t done it in a while so I will definitely try out this recipe as it sounds so good!
Oh wow!!!!! Love this recipe. I’m interested to try it. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Damion.
This. Sounds. AWESOME!!!
Cottage pie and cheese … together! I’m going to be recommending this to my better half this evening. We will, of course, exclude the garlic because that is the work of the devil, but other than that it all sounds delicious.
That looks soooooo good. Perfect for the coming winter months.
One of my favourite dishes before I went veggie. Gotta have cheese!
You could certainly make it vegetarian… just replace the minced beef with mushrooms, lentils etc and replace the gravy with vegetable stock and a dash of cornstarch.