Recipe of Homemade Traditional Cottage Pie

Traditional Cottage Pie.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have traditional cottage pie using 23 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Traditional Cottage Pie:

1. {Take of Mince.
2. {Prepare of large onion, chopped.
3. {Make ready of olive oil, extra virgin.
4. {Make ready of red wine.
5. {Make ready of garlic, chopped.
6. {Prepare of mixed dried herbs.
7. {Make ready of chopped tomatoes.
8. {Get of medium carrots, sliced.
9. {Make ready of smoked bacon, chopped.
10. {Get of worcestershire sauce.
11. {Prepare of Salt.
12. {Prepare of Freshly ground black pepper.
13. {Take of tomato purée.
14. {Get of mince beef.
15. {Get of Mash.
16. {Prepare of dijon mustard.
17. {Prepare of butter.
18. {Get of full fat milk.
19. {Prepare of potatoes, peeled and diced.
20. {Prepare of Water, to boil potatoes.
21. {Take of salt.
22. {Make ready of Fresh ground black pepper.
23. {Make ready of Grated cheddar cheese.

Steps to make Traditional Cottage Pie:

1. Add 2 tablespoon of olive oil in a large frying pan and heat the oil over a medium heat. Then add the bacon, fry for 2-3 minutes until bacon is cooked. Remove the bacon and set aside..
2. Add the onion, garlic and carrot to the pan to the oil, cook over a medium heat until the vegetables become soft..
3. Next add the mince and cook until brown..
4. Add the tin tomatoes, purée, wine, mixed herbs, the cooked bacon, the Worcestershire sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Cover with lid and simmer for 30-40 minutes..
5. In the meantime, boil the potatoes in salted water until they are soft. About 15 minutes..
6. Drain the potatoes well and then mash. Add the mustard, milk and butter. Season with pepper and if needed more salt. (You may add another tbsp of mustard, if you prefer the taste a little stronger)..
7. When ready, spoon the mince mixture into a casserole dish. Top with the mash and sprinkle with grated cheddar cheese..
8. Pre-heat the oven to 190 c / Gas mark 5..
9. Bake the pie for 30-35 minutes or until the mash has become golden brown..
10. Let it rest for 15 minutes prior to serving..

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