Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Cottage Pie

Cottage Pie.

You can cook Cottage Pie using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cottage Pie

1. It's 500 g of minced beef.
2. It's 200 ml of water.
3. It's 1 of large carrot.
4. You need 1 of celery stalk.
5. It's 1 of small onion.
6. It's of beef stock pod / cube.
7. You need of frozen peas.
8. It's 1 tsp of tomato paste or tomato ketchup.
9. It's of Masshed potoates (white or purple vitelotte).
10. Prepare 50 g of cheddar cheese.
11. Prepare 1-2 cloves of garlic.

Cottage Pie step by step

1. Chop the onions, carrots and celery into small squares and sweat them on a low heat for around 20 minutes. Add the garlic to sweat for a few minutes near the end..
2. Remove the softened vegetables from the pot and brown the mince..
3. Once the mince is browned return the vegetables to the pot with the mince and add the stock pod, water and tomato puree/sauce and simmer for around 30 minutes..
4. Heat the oven to around 180 degrees celsius..
5. Spread the mashed potato over the top of the mince and vegetables..
6. Grate the cheese and sprinkle on top of the mash..
7. Put the pot into the oven for 30 minutes and once the cheese is nice and melty take it out and serve..