Easiest Way to Prepare Tasty Classic Cottage Pie

Classic Cottage Pie.

You can have Classic Cottage Pie using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Classic Cottage Pie

1. Prepare 4 of large baking potatoes.
2. It's 1 of onion, finely diced.
3. It's 2 cloves of garlic, crushed.
4. Prepare 500 g of beef mince.
5. It's 1 tbsp of gluten free plain flour.
6. It's 500 g of lean beef steak mince.
7. Prepare of Large handful frozen peas.
8. You need of Large handful frozen sweetcorn.
9. You need 1 tsp of dried basil.
10. You need 2 tbsp of tomato purée.
11. It's 350 mls of beef stock.
12. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
13. It's 1/2 tsp of pepper.

Classic Cottage Pie step by step

1. Peel the potatoes, cut into 4 and boil in salted water until tender. Drain and allow to cool..
2. Fry the onion and garlic in olive oil until soft and translucent..
3. Add the mince and fry until brown, about 10 minutes, stirring regularly. Stir in the tomato purée..
4. Sprinkle your flour, basil, salt and pepper and then pour in the stock. Stir in your frozen peas and sweetcorn..
5. Simmer on a low heat for 20 minutes..
6. Mash the potatoes adding some olive oil, salt and pepper to the mash..
7. Layer your beef mix into the base of a baking dish. Then spread the mash on top. Run a fork over the mash to create ridges that go crispy..
8. Bake for a further 30 minutes in the oven then serve..