Cottage Pie

Submitted by English_Rose

"Cheesy potato-topped beef in a wine enriched sauce adds a special touch to cottage pie in this hearty recipe."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 5mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• For the meat

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, finely chopped
• 2 carrots, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 1⁄2 lbs ground beef
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 3 -4 drops Worcestershire sauce
• 3 -4 drops Tabasco sauce
• 1 cup red wine
• 1 cup beef stock or 1 cup chicken stock
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

• For the topping

• 3 lbs potatoes
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons mature cheddar cheese, grated
• 1 tablespoon parmesan cheese, freshly grated

directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and add the onion, celery and carrot, stirring them over a brisk heat but not allowing them to brown.
3. After 5 minutes or so add the garlic, reduce the heat and soften everything together.
4. Increase the heat again and add the ground beef, stirring until browned.
5. Stir in the tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, wine and stock, season and cover. Simmer for 10 minutes.
6. Boil the potatoes until soft and mash them with the milk until smooth and creamy.
7. Spoon the meat mixture into a gratin dish and cover with a thick, even layer of mashed potato.
8. Sprinkle with cheese and bake for 45-55 minutes until golden and bubbling. Serve with seasonal vegetables.

Reviews

[Krista Roes]

Wonderful dish! My family loved it. Just a few changes for us. Instead of red wine I used some extra beef stock and thickened it up a bit with some flour to make thicker gravy. And we can't get cheddar where we live so I used some aged Gouda. We like cheese so I used a cup of it to cover the whole 10x13 pan. Will make this again and again. Made for Photo Contest: Beyond Hamburgers.

 

[jackie_ok_ok]

Lots of flavour, everyone loved it. This is a keeper. I increased the beef stock to 2 cups because I did not use the red wine. Also we're a family of cheese lovers so I grated about a cup and a half to cheddar and spread it over top of the casserole before baking. Great recipe!

 

[LISA C.]

I made this recipe as written as thought it was very good. Even better the next day. Thanks!

 

[Boomette]

I love the taste that the red wine give to the recipe. It's a great recipe. I love it. For me it's perfect. I added 6 mushrooms, sliced. I used beef stock. We added more cheddar cheese on top and no parmesan. I used yukon gold potatoes that I steamed and then mashed with the milk. Thanks English Rose :) Made for the Zwizzle Chicks of ZWT

 

[PaulaG]

This was well received from my family including my daughter who has lived in England for a couple of semesters while in school I added the full cup of wine and then decided to cut back on the stock. Glad I did as with about 1/2 cup stock the consistency was perfect. I did need to use additional milk to make the potatoes creamy. Made and enjoyed for *ZWT6*