Go Back

Cottage Pie

Print Recipe Pin Recipe
Course Main Course
Servings 4 serves

Ingredients
  

  • 1 onion peeled and quartered
  • 1 clove garlic peeled
  • 20 g olive oil
  • 500 g lean minced beef
  • Salt and pepper to season
  • 20 g Worcestershire sauce
  • 20 g tomato paste
  • 250 g beef stock
  • 2 carrots peeled and dice into 1cm pieces
  • 200 g white potato peeled and cut into 3cm pieces
  • 600 g sweet potato peeled and cut into 3cm pieces
  • 2 cups frozen peas rinsed under warm water
  • 80 g reduced fat milk
  • 30 g seeded mustard
  • 150 g reduced fat tasty or cheddar cheese grated

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 200C (390F)
  • Add onion, garlic and 100g of white potato into the Thermomix bowl and chop with the measuring cup (MC) on for 4 seconds | Speed 5
  • Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add oil and sauté with the MC off for 3 minutes | Varoma | Speed 1
  • Add beef, season with salt and pepper and brown with the MC off for 5 minutes | 100C | Reverse | Speed 1
  • Add Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, beef stock and carrots into the Thermomix bowl and close the lid
  • Add remaining white potato and sweet potato into the Varoma bowl, assemble the Varoma and place on top of the Thermomix
  • Cook for 20 minutes | Varoma | Reverse | Speed soft
  • Remove the Varoma, add peas into the sauce and stir with the spatula to combine
  • Pour meat sauce into a square roasting dish and rinse out the Thermomix bowl
  • Put the potatoes into the bowl, add milk and cook with the MC off for 9 minutes | 100C | Speed 1
  • Add salt, pepper, seeded mustard, add butterfly and mash for 20 seconds | Speed 3
  • Layer mashed potatoes on top of the beef filling, use a fork to rough up the top of the potatoes and sprinkle with the grated cheese
  • Bake in the oven on the middle shelf for 20-30 minutes or until the top is browned
Keyword Beef, Thermomix