Minced Steak Cottage Pie

Serves: 4-6
Duration: 45 mins
Level: Medium

Buttery mashed potato and steak mince combine for the ultimate cottage pie. A homemade classic with hearty flavours. Simple beef cottage pie lifted up with flavourful herbs and stock.

INGREDIENTS

1 small onion (chopped finely)
400g Minced Steak
1 tbsp oil
20g plain flour
150ml beef stock
1 tbsp parsley (chopped)
pinch of marjoram or lovage
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
450g potatoes (cooked and mashed with butter)
salt and pepper

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 180°C/ Fan160°C/Gas 4.
In a heavy-based ovenproof casserole pan, heat the oil and brown the onion and meat, stir in the flour and cook for 2 minutes.
Add the stock and simmer for a further 2 minutes. Add the parsley, marjoram or lovage and Worcestershire sauce. Season and cover with the mashed potatoes, marking the surface with a fork.
Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes until the potatoes are nicely browned on top.
Serve with glazed carrots and baby turnips.