Cottage Pie

Cottage pie is a delicious and easy to prepare dish. You can modify the ingredients used in this recipe to suit your taste. So instead of mince beef you can use mince lamb (Shepherd's pie) and if you are a vegetarian assorted vegetables. I used bell peppers and mushrooms but you can use other vegetables you prefer.

    

Ingredients

  ·   1 tbsp olive oil

·         1 large onion , chopped

·         2 spring onions chopped

·         3-4 large mushrooms chopped

·         ½ Green and yellow pepper each chopped

·         500g pack beef mince

·         3 tbsp tomato purée

·         ½ teaspoon ginger and garlic paste

·         A dash of nutmeg

·         A dash of black pepper

·         A dash of mild chilli powder

·         Salt to taste

·         ½ teaspoon liquid maggi seasoning

·         900g potatoes , cut into chunks

·         85g butter

·         3 tbsp milk

 Directions

To make sauce stir mince beef in a frying pan until it turns brown. Set aside.

 Sauté onions and spring onions in olive oil, add green and yellow pepper and mushrooms. Stir fry for about three minutes. Add ginger and garlic paste, mild chilli powder and black pepper and add stock from minced beef.

Stir for a while and add tomato puree. After it simmers for about five minutes add minced beef and liquid maggi seasoning. Add salt to taste. Simmer for ten minutes and set aside.

Add salt to potatoes and bring to boil until tender. Mash in large bowl adding butter, milk and nutmeg until smooth.

                      

Heat oven at 180C

Pour sauce into casserole dish, spread mashed potato evenly and bake for 15 minutes.

  

Optional :You can top with leeks and cheese before baking.