Cottage Pie
- Author: The Peach Kitchen
- 300g ground beef
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- 1 small carrot, chopped
- ¼ cup corn kernels
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp flour
- ¼ cup beef stock
- 1 tsp worcestershire sauce
- salt and pepper
for the mashed potato
- 2–3 large potatoes, boiled
- 2 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp milk
- salt and pepper
- Sauté onion in heated oil until transluscent. Add ground beef.
- Season with salt an pepper. Cook beef until brown, transfer to another container and set aside.
- In the same pan, melt 1 tbsp of butter. Add flour, stirring constantly forming a roux.
- Continue stirring while adding beef stock to avoid lumps.
- Put the ground beef back on the gravy mixture and add worcestershire sauce. Stir for a few seconds then turn off heat.
- Cook corn and carrots in butter.Set aside.
- Mash potatoes with a masher together with butter, milk and salt and pepper.
- Layer ingredients [Beef, corn and carrots and mashed potatoes] in a baking dish or ramekins. Bake in 250º oven for 30-35 minutes until golden brown and bubbly.