Family Favourite Cottage Pie

Name: Family Favourite Cottage Pie
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 450 g minced beef; 2 onions, diced; 3 carrots, diced; 250 g butternut squash; 1 beef stock cube; 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 1 tbsp flour; 6 large potatoes (maris piper); 2 tsp English mustard; to taste Salt and pepper; 1/2 cup milk; 75 g butter; 50 g cheddar cheese

Miles @tapster

My cousin shared this with us on a scrap of paper last Christmas after we’d enjoyed it at her house. Turns out, she’d received it years before from my late Mother, annotated in a Delia book, so now it’s come back full circle. I really enjoyed making, and eating it! #seasonsupply

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Ingredients

60 mins

4 people

Beef Filling
450 gminced beef
2onions, diced
3carrots, diced
250 gbutternut squash
1beef stock cube
2 tbspWorcestershire sauce
1 tbspflour
Mashed Potato Topping
6large potatoes (maris piper)
2 tspEnglish mustard
to tasteSalt and pepper
1/2 cupmilk
75 gbutter
50 gcheddar cheese

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Steps

60 mins

1

Gather the ingredients and get ready to start some peeling!
2

Prep the vegetables by first peeling, then rough cut the potatoes and dice the carrots and onions
3

Boil the potatoes in water for 15 minutes. Once done, strain, then mash them adding the milk, butter, mustard, salt and pepper. Set aside to cool
4

Slice the butternut squash and roast in the oven at 190C for 10 mins while you do the next couple of steps
5

In a pan with some hot oil, brown the beef for a few minutes
6

In another oiled pan, cook down the onions and carrots until the onions start to becomes translucent. Usually about 5 mins.
7

Next add the onion and carrot mix to the beef, along with your roasted squash
8

Dissolve the beef stock in 300ml boiling water and pour into the pan. Add the Worcestershire sauce and flour, mix, then cook on medium heat for 10 mins. Once done set aside to cool
9

Put the meat mixture into the bottom of an oven dish, then gently layer on the mashed potato
10

Lastly, add a generous layer of cheddar cheese and cook in the oven at 190C for 30-40 minutes