Classic British Cottage Pie

Classic British Cottage Pie 

Recipe:

Ingredients:

• 300gms Chicken mince
• ½ tbsp chopped garlic
• 1 cup Chopped onions, garlic, carrots, red, green and yellow bell peppers
• 2-3 tbsp Oil
• Salt, to taste
• Black pepper, to taste
• 1 tbsp crushed red pepper
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• ½ cup tomato puree 
• 1tbsp Schwartz chicken mixed spice (or any chicken masala mix) 
• ½ tsp rosemary
• ½ tsp Thyme
• 2 tbsp all purpose flour
• ½ cup chicken broth
• 3/4^th cup grated cheddar & parmesan
• Coarsely grated cheddar and parmesan cheese
• Mashed potatoes (see recipe below)

Method:

• Preheat oven at 200'C. 
• Prepare mashed potatoes as in recipe below.
• For chicken & vegetable base, sauté Chopped onions and carrots till they begin to color.
• Add garlic and stir. 
• Add chicken mince, salt and pepper and cook until browned and cooked through, approx 3 minutes. 
• Sprinkle the mince with flour and toss to coat, continue to cook for another minute.

• Add Peas and chopped red, green and yellow bell peppers and fry with chicken and carrots.

• Add tomato puree. 
• Add seasoning; Worcestershire sauce, rosemary, thyme, crushed red peppers, Schwartz chicken spice mix and stir to combine.
• Add chicken broth. 

• Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover and let it simmer slowly 10 to 12 minutes, until the sauce is thickened.
• The chicken & vegetable mixture is placed evenly in baking dish. 
• It is topped with mashed potatoes. Roughen up the surface of mashed potatoes with a fork so there are peaks that would get well browned.
• Sprinkle coarsely grated parmesan and cheddar cheese and seasoned lightly with black pepper on top. 

• Baking dish is placed in middle rack of the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes or just until the peaks of potatoes begin to get deliciously brown and crispy.

Mashed Potatoes for Cottage Pie

Ingredients:

• 2 large Peeled boiled potatoes
• ½ cup Half-and-half (cream and milk)
• Black pepper, to taste
• Salt, to taste
• 2 tbsp butter

Method:

• Potatoes were mashed with half-and-half (milk & cream), butter, salt and pepper.

Bon Appétit!