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Cottage Pie Recipe
This comforting cottage pie is packed with a slow-cooked beef filling, root vegetables, and red wine, then topped with cheesy Dubliner mashed potatoes and baked until golden brown. It takes just 30 minutes of prep and makes 10 servings, making it perfect for a St. Patrick's Day celebration.
👥 10 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 2h⏳ Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 1h 30m👤 Chef Billy Parisi📖 billyparisi
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- pot
- pan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Add the oil to a large rondeau pot over medium high heat.
2
Place in the ground beef and cook on all sides to sear it until browned and cooked throughout, which takes about 6 to ⏱️ 7 minutes. Stir this frequently.
ground beef2 pounds½ cups beef stock2
3
Set the beef to the side on a plate and then add the onions and leeks to the pot with the rendered meat fat and caramelize the onions over low to medium heat for up to ⏱️ 45 minutes or until very well browned, sweet, and tender.
ground beef2 pounds½ cups beef stock2
4
Next, add in the carrots, celeriac root, and turnips and sauté for 5 to ⏱️ 6 minutes over medium heat just until very lightly browned.
5
Stir in the garlic and cook it just until it becomes fragrant, which takes about 30 to ⏱️ 45 seconds.
6
Add back in the beef to the pan and stir it until combined.
ground beef2 pounds½ cups beef stock2
7
Deglaze with the red wine and cook it until au sec or almost gone, which takes about 3 to ⏱️ 4 minutes.
red wine1 cup
8
Stir in the tomato paste until the ingredients are coated.
9
Next, sprinkle in the flour and stir it to combine.
10
Pour in the beef stock and cook for 1 to ⏱️ 2 minutes or just until thick.
ground beef2 pounds½ cups beef stock2
11
Season with Worcestershire sauce, Dijon mustard, salt, pepper, and thyme. Adjust any seasonings and stirring these in and tasting it. If you like Dijon mustard go with the full 2 tablespoons.
Worcestershire sauce1 tablespoon
12
Transfer the beef filling to a deep 13x9 pan. Briefly set it aside.
ground beef2 pounds½ cups beef stock2
13
In a large pot of boiling salted water add in the potatoes and cook for 12 to ⏱️ 13 minutes or until tender.
14
Drain the potatoes and hand mash them or run them through a food mill until smooth.
15
Fold in the buttermilk, melted butter, 1 cup of cheese, egg yolks, salt, and ground white pepper until mixed on. Transfer to optional piping bag with a large star or round tip.
egg yolks2
16
Add the potatoes to the top of the pan with the beef filling in any design you want. You can do stars, zig sags, fleurettes, or even just add to the top and smooth it out.
ground beef2 pounds½ cups beef stock2
17
Garnish with a ¼ cup of melted butter and ½ cup of cheese. Bake at 350° for 25 to ⏱️ 30 minutes or until lightly browned on top.
18
Sprinkle on an optional garnish of chopped parsley and serve.
Nutrition Facts
calories
610 kcal
fat Content
30 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
4 g
sugar Content
5 g
sodium Content
436 mg
protein Content
28 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
122 mg
carbohydrate Content
54 g
saturated Fat Content
12 g
unsaturated Fat Content
14 g
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