Recipe: Delicious Cottage Pie

Cottage Pie. Being from Australia, cottage pie is a favourite when it comes to comfort food for the family. Overall, this recipe is pretty close to the orignial. Not sure why you would want to add cinnamon to a traditional cottage pie.

I use a bigger onion instead. I forgot to dot extra butter on top, but it still came out crisp with adequately brown. Cottage pie is a combination of ground lamb or beef with mashed potatoes, topped with a bubbling layer of cheese is the perfect comfort food. You can cook Cottage Pie using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cottage Pie

1. Prepare 2 pounds of ground turkey (or whatever you have.).
2. Prepare 1 bag of frozen mixed vegetables.
3. Prepare 1 bag of frozen corn.
4. It's 1 tablespoon of cornstarch.
5. It's 1 cup of V8 juice.
6. You need 3 tablespoons of butter.
7. It's of Potato Top.
8. Prepare 6-8 of potatoes, washed, peeled, chopped.
9. It's 2 tablespoons of butter.
10. You need of milk or V8 juice to desired consistency.

Boil the potatoes until soft and mash them with the milk until smooth and creamy. Spoon the meat mixture into a gratin dish and cover with a thick, even layer of mashed potato. A traditional cottage pie is made with ground beef and topped with mashed potatoes. We used potato slices, which saves time and looks good, too.

Cottage Pie instructions

1. Begin with the potatoes. Boil on stove until bottom hash is ready to combine..
2. Grease skillet with butter and brown meat..
3. Add frozen vegetables and cook till thawed..
4. Add tablespoon of cornstarch to 1 cup of V8 juice. Stir till dissolved and pour over hash. Cook to a simmer..
5. Drain potatoes and mash with butter and milk (add till you have the potatoes as thick or thin as you want.) If you are out of milk, use V8 juice..
6. Dump hash into a glass casserole dish, 9x13 works best..
7. Spoon potatoes on top and spread to desired coverage..
8. Place in preheated oven of 400 Fahrenheit. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until potatoes are browned..

For a shepherd's pie, use lamb. This is a meat and carb heavy dish, so it goes really well with fresh side salads like a Rocket Salad with Balsamic Dressing, or a Garden Salad with French or Italian Dressing. I recently served it with this Carrot Salad with a Honey Dijon Dressing which was a hit!. For a cosy meal on a cold winter night, try it with a side of Glazed Roasted Carrots and Sautéed. Why is it called cottage pie?