Low-carb Cottage Pie

Submitted by Rogue Red

"This is a delicious low-carb alternative to cottage pie. I got the idea for the mashed cauliflower off an atkins discussion board."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 medium green peppers or 1 medium red pepper, diced
• 1 zucchini, diced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons mixed herbs
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• salt and pepper
• 1 lb raw cauliflower
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 2 tablespoons butter
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Preheat oven to 180 Celcius.
2. Fry the onions, green peppers and zucchini in olive oil, on medium heat, until soft.
3. Add the ground beef and stir until red colour disappears.
4. Add the worcester sauce, mixed herbs, nutmeg, salt and pepper and reduce heat to simmer.
5. Place cauliflower in microwave dish and cook on high for 10 minutes, until very soft.
6. Add sour cream and butter to cauliflower and use masher or food processor to mash.
7. Place ground beef mixture in casserole dish and spread mashed cauliflower over the top.
8. Scrape the top of the"mash" lightly with a fork to make ridges.
9. Cook in oven for 20- 30 minutes, until"mash" starts to brown.

Reviews

[alliesunne]

I couldn't get the cauliflower to soften in the microwave (after 17 minutes, some pieces were turning brown while some were still hard) so next time I'll steam it. Also, I added cheddar cheese over the top and upped the worchester sauce for more flavor. Pretty good, and even better as a left-over the next day!

 

[Cookingwithfire]

I really enjoyed this dish. Fairly easy and lots of flavour. Since I'm also concerned with fat as well, I used extra lean ground turkey, and threw in some mushrooms. For the spices I used, oregano, basil, Thyme. I also threw some red pepper flakes in the meat, made it a little spicy. I opted out of the butter. Lastly, I melted a little low fat cheese on top. It was fantastic.

 

[LUVMY2BOYS]

This was so good! Easy, filling & so healthy. I used lean ground turkey & frozen cauliflower-didn't use any nutmeg-I used oregano, minced onion & garlic, a little seasoning salt & black pepper. I also used fat free butter spread & sour cream-mixed some more onion & salt into the veggies! Tasted SO good with the zucchini! Thanks so much for sharing this.

 

[Heather1114]

Very nice! Rich, filling and satisfying. I enjoyed it immensely and I'm not even a low carber! I was just intrigued by the whole cauliflour idea. It works! Thanks for a great recipe