Cottage Pie With Hidden Veggies Recipes

COTTAGE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9 inch deep-dish pie plate.
• Place potatoes into a pot; cover with salted water, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover; simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain; mash with 2 tablespoons of the butter and the garlic. Season to taste with salt and pepper; set aside.
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add ground beef, herbes de Provence, and nutmeg; cook and stir until beef is lightly brown and crumbly, about 10 minutes. Spread the beef evenly in the prepared pie plate. Cover evenly with the peas; spread the mashed potatoes over the peas. Dot the casserole with the remaining butter.
• Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until heated through and bubbly, about 20 minutes.

COTTAGE PIE WITH HIDDEN VEGGIES

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil over a medium heat in a large pan.
• Add the minced beef and brown.
• Add the onions and continue to cook until translucent (approx 4 mins).
• Add the caremalised balsamic vinegar, worcestershire sauce, garlic, celery salt, all purpose seasoning, thyme and parsley and cook for a further 2-3 minutes.
• Add the red wine and continute to cook until the liquid is absorbed.
• Add the grated zucchini and carrot and cook for a further 2 or 3 minutes.
• Crumble in the stock cubes, add the boiling water then stir it in together.
• Add the tomato puree, bay leaf and salt and pepper to taste.
• Continue to simmer on a low heat, you may need to add a little more water.
• Meanwhile, place the pumkin, potatoes and sweet potato into a separate pan and cover with cold water.
• Bring to the boil and simmer until tender.
• Drain the potato/sweet potato/pumpkin and mash - as the pumpkin tends to retain water the best way to mash it is using a ricer so you can squeeze the water out at the start of each press.
• Add the butter to the potato mix and season to taste.
• Remove the bay leaves from the minced beef mix and spoon the mixture into a shallow 2 quart dish.
• Add the potato mix over the top of the beef mixture, spread evenly then rough up the top using the back of a fork.
• Place under a hot grill for 4 minutes.

COTTAGE PIE WITH VEGETABLE MASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a pot of salted water bring potatoes, carrots, and 3 cloves garlic to a boil. Reduce to a rapid simmer; cook until vegetables are tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and return to pot. Using a masher, mash vegetables until mostly smooth; stir in 3 tablespoons butter. Season with salt and pepper. Finely chop remaining 2 cloves garlic; set aside.
• In a large skillet over high, melt remaining tablespoon butter. Add beef and brown, about 5 minutes. Remove meat from pan, leaving drippings. Reduce heat to medium-high, add onion, and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 10 minutes. Add chopped garlic, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Return meat and collected juices to pan and stir in tomato paste. Cook, stirring, about 2 minutes. Stir in Worcestershire sauce and 1 cup water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until liquid is slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer meat mixture to a 9-inch square baking dish. Dollop mashed vegetables over meat and spread to edges of baking dish. Bake until juices are bubbling and topping is golden brown in spots, about 20 minutes. Let sit 5 minutes before serving.