How to Cook Yummy Cottage Pie

Cottage Pie. Place potatoes into a pot; cover with salted water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Season to taste with salt and pepper; set aside. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a skillet.

In a small bowl, combine beef broth and tomato paste. Mix together, then add to beef mixture. Add salt and pepper to taste. You can have Cottage Pie using 21 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cottage Pie

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Season with salt and pepper and stir in tomato paste. Drain potatoes; mash with milk and butter. Spread over meat mixture; sprinkle with remaining cheese. Place pie plate on a foil-lined baking sheet (plate will be full).

Cottage Pie step by step

1. Cook bacon in a pan until crisp and reserve for topping the pie. Remove sausage from their casings. Mix with hamburger. To a large pan or pot add the sausage and hamburger and cook until browned. Remove cooked meat to a bowl. Add vegetables to pan and cook until softened. remove from heat. Add garlic and cook for one minute. Add red wine and cook for 5 minutes to remove alcohol..
2. Add in cooked meat, beef stock, Demi-glacé, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer and cook to thicken to a sauce consistency, about 20 minutes. If needed you can add an equal parts slurry of corn starch and water (start with 1/2 tsp corn starch)..
3. Spoon mixture into individual ramekins. Fill 1/2 way. Next layer provolone cheese. Cover with a layer of mashed potatoes and sprinkle 4-cheese mixture and Romano cheese on top..
4. Top each ramekin with bacon. Place on a sheet pan in a 400°F oven. Bake about 20 minutes to melt cheese and heat throughout. Serve hot and enjoy..

Boil the potatoes until soft and mash them with the milk until smooth and creamy. Spoon the meat mixture into a gratin dish and cover with a thick, even layer of mashed potato. Drain then return to pot on turned off stove. Add butter and mash until melted, then add milk and salt. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.