My Cottage Pie Aka Shepherds Pie Food

COTTAGE PIE (OR SHEPHERD'S PIE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Make mashed potatoes: Add potatoes to a saucepan with 3 inches of water. Cover and bring to a boil. Cook until fork tender, about 12-15 minutes.
• Drain the water and leave the potatoes in the pot. Cover with the lid and allow to steam for a few minutes.
• Mash the potatoes lightly with a potato masher (avoid over-mixing the potatoes). Add butter, sour cream, milk, parmesan cheese and salt and pepper and stir just until smooth. Set aside.
• Make the meat filling: In a large, oven-safe* 12 inch skillet with sides, add the ground beef and ground sausage (or ground lamb, to make shepherd's pie). Season with salt and pepper.
• Cook over medium heat until browned, breaking the meat into small pieces with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Drain some of the grease (reserving some in the pan) and remove meat to a plate.
• Add the onion, celery and carrots to the pan and saute for about 5-8 minutes, until tender. Add garlic and flour and toss to combine. Cook for 1 minute.
• Add the beef broth, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, herbs and bay leaves and stir to combine.
• Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Taste and add extra seasonings, if needed. Remove bay leaves and stir in frozen peas, corn and cooked meat.
• Assemble the pie: Spoon the mashed potatoes over the meat mixture to completely cover the top. Sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese.
• Bake for about 30 minutes, until golden and bubbling. Allow to cool for 15 minutes before serving, to allow the gravy sauce in the meat mixture to cool and thicken.

MY COTTAGE PIE (A.K.A. SHEPHERD'S PIE)

Steps:

• Scrub the potatoes and peel them if you wish--I don't.
• Cut them into chunks and boil them until tender.
• Meanwhile, peel and chop the onion.
• Peel and grate the carrot.
• Wash and chop the cabbage.
• In a large cast iron skillet, cook the ground beef until it is browned and no pink remains. Use the oil if the beef is very lean and inclined to stick.
• Remove it to a deep casserole using a slotted spoon.
• If there is more than a tablespoon of fat left in the skillet, drain most of it off.
• Sauté the onion in the remaining fat, then add the carrots, cabbage, and crushed tomatoes.
• Add all the seasonings and simmer until everything is getting soft--just a few minutes.
• Put the veg in the casserole and stir them up with the meat.
• Drain the potatoes and mash them with the butter and buttermilk.
• Season lightly with salt and pepper.
• Spread these over the meat and veg mix in the casserole.
• Sprinkle a little paprika over top, if you like.
• This can be baked at once or refrigerated for up to 2 days (well sealed!). Bake at 350°F.
• The time will depend on whether it goes in hot or cold; 45 minutes if it goes in warm (at once) or 1 1/2 hours if it is chilled.

SHEPHERD'S PIE (COTTAGE PIE)

Steps:

• =Preheat oven 350°F.
• =Peel and boil about 4 potatoes for about 20 minutes.
• =Fry 1lb of Hamburger, when done drain and rinse off.
• =Add 1 can of tomato soup to hamburger and mix until all meat is covered. Shut burner off.
• =Take any Cake pan or Casserole dish and add the hamburger with tomato soup and spread evenly .
• =Drain 1 can(14.5oz) of Green beans and (15.25 oz) corn and spread evenly across the top of Hamburger.
• =Drain potatoes and add about 1/3 cup of milk,4 tbs of butter, dash of salt,and pepper. Mash until the potatoes are as smooth as possible. if its still thick u can add more butter or milk. doesnt matter which. I prefer to add more butter.
• =Add the mashed potatoes to the top of the hamburgar and vegetables. and spread evenly across. The amounts of potatoes is up to u. (I like it thick, My husband likes it thin).
• =Take kraft cheese slices or the equvilant and add each slice evenly and closely to each other across the top of the potatoes.You can double the amount of the cheese in case You like lots of cheese.
• =When your oven is preheated to about 350F set inside untill the cheese is melted or untill it is warm.The size of your pan is determined on how long to bake it. the thicker the pan is then set the oven on a lower setting and cook untill it is at your desired warmth.
• I hope You enjoy this recipe as much as we do.