How to Prepare Yummy Cottage Pie

Cottage Pie. Proper English Cottage Pie is a delicious, very traditional mince pie (beef) topped with mashed potato. Cottage pie is a combination of ground lamb or beef with mashed potatoes, topped with a bubbling layer of cheese is the perfect comfort food. Boil the potatoes until soft and mash them with the milk until smooth and creamy.

We used potato slices, which saves time and looks good, too. For a shepherd's pie, use lamb. Two-Potato Shepherd's Pie Shepherd's pie has another name, cottage pie, and mashed potatoes have another alternative - sweet potatoes. You can have Cottage Pie using 9 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Cottage Pie

1. You need 1/2 packages of sliced mushrooms.
2. You need 1 medium of zucchini.
3. It's 1 can of cream of mushroom soup.
4. It's 1/2 medium of Onion.
5. You need 2 clove of Garlic.
6. You need 1/2 cup of Cheddar Cheese.
7. Prepare 1 of Olive oil.
8. You need 1 box of Instant mashed potatoes.
9. Prepare 1 lb of Lean ground Beef.

Whatever you call it, there's enough in the recipe to bake one casserole and freeze the other for up to three months. Did we mention Cumberland pie is a cousin, but with bread crumbs on top? Cottage pie is a meat pie that is topped with mashed potatoes and baked in the oven. Now, cottage pie and shepherd's pie differ only in the type of ground meat they are made with.

Cottage Pie step by step

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Chop garlic, onion, and zucchini..
3. Heat olive oil in pan, when hot add garlic. Sautee for 3 min..
4. Add chopped onion to garlic. Sautee until onion is caramelized. Add extra olive oil if needed..
5. Add slicedushrooms to sauteed onion and garlic. I love mushrooms so I add the entire package otherwise add 1/2 package. Add olive oil as needed - Sautee untill mushrooms are caramelized..
6. Put sauteed vege's aside into baking dish. Using the same pan, cook ground beef until pink is gone. Drain out juices..
7. When ground beef is done, add to baking dish..
8. If you want to add other veggies (ie. green beans, etc) add to baking dish now..
9. Pour contents of mushroom soup over contents of baking dish. Stir well..
10. I like cheese so I put 1/2 cup of cheese over mixture. You can omit..
11. Cook mashed potatoes according to package directions. If there are 2 packages of instant mashed potatoes in box, I use both. Can never have too much potatoes. Add to the top of mixture..
12. Bake uncovered for 30 mins in the oven or until potatoes are brown. You can add cheese to the top about 15 mins until done..
13. ** You can add chopped bacon and/or chives and sprinkle over potatoes before serving. Best to serve with bread..
14. ** Add salt and black pepper according to taste..
15. Serve with bread and green salad. Or not..

Cottage Pie and Shepherd's Pie are both savory meat pies with a crust or topping of mashed potatoes. Traditionally, Shepherd's Pie is made with ground or minced lamb, while a Cottage Pie is made with ground or minced beef. We prefer beef in this house, so the Cottage Pie has always been our preference! Why is Cottage Pie called "Cottage Pie?" At its most basic, cottage pie is a meat pie (or casserole) that is topped with mashed potatoes rather than a pie crust. After this, it can vary greatly from region to region (or kitchen to kitchen).

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