I was going to post pics, but I factory reset my phone and stupidly forgot to back up my pics, so no pics lads. But I've been enjoying cooking this recently:
Cottage pie | BBC Good Food
Instead of the wine, use a bottle of strong English ale. Any will do. I use Shepherd Neame 1698, I've done this with double stout as well and it is just as good. For the Worcestershire sauce use Lea & Perrins do not use anything else.
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3 tbsp olive oil
1¼kg beef mince
2 onions, finely chopped
3 carrots, chopped
3 celery sticks, chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
3 tbsp plain flour
1 tbsp tomato purée
large glass red wine (optional)
850ml beef stock
4 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
few thyme sprigs
2 bay leaves
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1.8kg potatoes, chopped
225ml milk
25g butter
200g strong cheddar, grated
freshly grated nutmeg
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I get the beef mince from the butcher - 2kg - so use 1.5kg in this. When you've added the beef stock and ale it will look like a lot of gravy, but I slow cook it for about 3-4 hours so the sauce has thickened up and the mince is really soft.
Get 10 meals out of this, freezing in foil containers and having it every night of the week >>>