Delicious Cottage Pie

Cottage pie is an old favorite comfort food. Yummy, filling and tasty. Make this on a cold night to warm the soul or to comfort a loved one - or just to fill your belly.

The Cottage Pie recipe traditionally originates from England, perhaps somewhere in Kent or Somerset county. The Cottage Pie is named after the pot they cooked it in, which resembles a thatched cottage. And also when they heaped the mash on the top, it looked like a thatched roof made of straws Cottage Pies originally had beef, peas, carrots and mashed potato toppings.

Ingredients:
Pack of mince
Handful of frozen peas
Carrots

Small tin of tomato paste

Glug of red wine
A few potatoes
x1 onion
Garlic
Worcestershire sauce
Mirin (optional)
Fresh broccoli
Flour
Parsley or coriander

Peel potatoes and put potatoes on to boil. In a pan, fry onions until soft and add garlic. Stir and add mince, mix well and cook for a good 10 minutes or until mince is cooked. Add carrots (baby or chopped) and tomato paste and simmer, stir in a glug of red wine and leave to cook (add frozen peas at this stage). In a teacup mix some flour and warm water and add to mince mixture to thicken and give body. Mash boiled potatoes, add a dash of butter, milk and season. Stir some chopped chives or chopped parsley into the mash and set aside.

In an oven dish, fill half with mince mixture and top with mash. Set aside top settle for 10 - 20 minutes. Season and pop in the oven for 30 minutes. Serve with fresh broccoli and enjoy!