Beef cottage pie

What you need

• ·220g beef mince (5% fat)
• ·400g white potatoes
• ·120g carrots
• ·100g onions
• ·80g frozen peas
• ·150g chopped tomatoes
• ·6g stock cubes
• ·12g olive oil

Method

1. 1Potatoes on to boil, 20 minutes.
2. 2Mince browned hard in a dry pan first, then out. Onion and grated carrot in the oil for 8 minutes.
3. 3Mince back with the tomatoes and stock, simmered 15 minutes until it thickens — a wet filling makes the mash sink.
4. 4Peas stirred in at the end, then the lot into a dish.
5. 5Mash with a good slug of oil, spread over, and rough the top up with a fork. Those ridges are what go brown. 15 minutes at 210C.

Forking the top is not decoration — flat mash comes out pale and soft.

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