Beef Cottage Pie
Shiokman Recipes recipe - Western
- Prep time
- 14 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1.5 kg potatoes
- 2 tsp salt
- 100 g butter
- 100 ml milk
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ kg large onions
- 6 cloves garlic
- 3 medium size carrots (diced)
- 2 stalks of celery (sliced)
- 1 tsp salt and 1 ½ tsp black pepper to taste
- 2 Tbsp cooking oil
- 1 kg ground beef
- 4 cloves chopped garlic
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp dried rosemary
- 1 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tbsp chinese rice wine
- 1 pc cube beef stock
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
Instructions
- 1
Add 1.5 kg peeled potatoes with 1 tsp salt to a pot of water
- 2
Bring water to boil until potatoes are soft
- 3
Drain the water and set aside
- 4
Boil 100g butter in 100 ml milk with 1 tsp salt
- 5
Mash the boiled potatoes
- 6
Stir in butter and milk mixture to the mashed potatoes
- 7
Add 1 tsp pepper
- 8
Add 1 egg yolk and mix well
- 9
Fry 1/2 kg chopped large onions until soft
- 10
Add 6 cloves of chopped garlic and mix well
- 11
Add 3 medium size diced carrots and mix well
- 12
Add 2 stalks of sliced celery and mix all the ingredients well
- 13
Add 1 tsp salt and 1 1/2 tsp black pepper and mix well
- 14
Remove cooked vegetables from wok and set aside
- 15
Add 2 Tbsp cooking oil to the same wok
- 16
Add 1 kg ground beef and slowly break it apart
- 17
Cook the ground beef until it is no longer pink
- 18
Add 4 cloves of chopped garlic and mix well
- 19
Add 1 tsp of dried oregano and 1 tsp salt to minced beef
- 20
Add 1 tsp of dried basil and rosemary each
- 21
Add 1 Tbsp of worcestershire sauce and mix well
- 22
Add 1 Tbsp chinese rice wine and mix well
- 23
Add 1 cube beef stock mixed with some water and mix thoroughly
- 24
Pour the cooked mixed vegetables and mix well
- 25
Add 1 Tbsp cornstarch dissolved in water
- 26
Stir well until the beef and vegetable mixture thickens
- 27
Scoop the cooked beef and vegetable mixture into a pie dish
- 28
Spread the beef evenly until half filled
- 29
Scoop dollops of the prepared mashed potato over the beef mixture
- 30
Spread the mashed potato to completely cover the beef mixture
- 31
Use a fork to make patterns on the mashed potato surface
- 32
Ramekins can also be used to make shepherd's pie
- 33
Bake in pre-heated oven at 180C for 30 mins or until the surface turns brown and crispy