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Comforting Cottage Pie with Peas

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A deeper cottage pie with beef, carrots, peas, tomato-rich gravy, and fluffy mashed potato.

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55 min670 kcal4 base servingsComfortingFamily FavouriteBatch Cook
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Focus ingredients: beef, potatoes, peas

Dietary fit: Gluten-free

Serving tip: Simmer the filling until it is glossy rather than watery so the mash sits neatly on top.

Cottage Pie with Peas plated and ready to serve.

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Ingredients

What you need

  • 500g beef mince
  • 900g potatoes
  • 150g peas
  • 2 carrots
  • 1 onion
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • 300ml beef stock
  • 25g butter
  • 75ml milk

You'll also need

oven, pan

Method

Step by step

Up to 8 clear steps
  1. Cottage Pie with Peas cooking step 1: Get prepped.
    Step 1

    Heat the oven

    Heat the oven to 200C, then peel and chop the potatoes into even chunks.

  2. Cottage Pie with Peas cooking step 2: Start cooking.
    Step 2

    Taste and adjust

    Boil the potatoes in a saucepan for 15 to 18 minutes until tender enough to crush easily with a fork. Hold back extra salt and black pepper until the final taste check.

    18 min
  3. Cottage Pie with Peas cooking step 3: Build the flavour.
    Step 3

    Build the flavour base

    While the potatoes cook, dice the onion and carrots into small pieces so they soften evenly in the filling.

  4. Cottage Pie with Peas cooking step 4: Bring it together.
    Step 4

    Start the pan

    Fry the beef mince in a wide pan over a medium-high heat for 6 to 8 minutes, breaking it up until browned.

    8 min
  5. Cottage Pie with Peas cooking step 5: Finish the dish.
    Step 5

    Build the flavour base

    Add the onion and carrots for 5 minutes until starting to soften, then stir in the tomato puree for 1 minute.

    5 min
  6. Cottage Pie with Peas cooking step 6: Serve.
    Step 6

    Cook the beef mince

    Pour in the beef stock, simmer for 6 to 8 minutes until glossy and saucy, then stir in the peas for the final 2 minutes.

    8 min
  7. Step 7

    Finish and serve

    Drain the potatoes, mash with the butter and milk until fluffy, then spoon the beef filling into a baking dish and spread the mash over the top.

  8. Step 8

    Bake until golden

    Rough up the mash with a fork and bake for 20 to 25 minutes until the top is golden and the filling bubbles at the edges. Taste once everything is assembled, then add a little salt and black pepper only if needed.

    25 min