Italian cottage pie

Italian cottage pie

Add a little 'mamma mia' to a beef stew with pancetta and oregano, and a crunchy topping of Parmesan-coated potatoes

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Plus 4 hours for the beef stew
Freezable

Method

  1. First make the Beef with red wine & carrots (see 'Goes well with'). You will need half the finished stew for this recipe.
  2. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Cook the potatoes in boiling, salted water for 10 mins until almost done. Drain well, then mix with the butter and half the Parmesan.
  3. In a large saucepan, fry the pancetta or bacon until golden. Stir in the fresh oregano leaves or dried oregano, then add the beef stew and heat through. Tip into an ovenproof dish and top with the cheesy potatoes, overlapping. Sprinkle with the remaining Parmesan and bake for 20 mins until golden and crisp on top. Serve with a green salad.

Per serving

443 kcalories, protein 46.0g, carbohydrate 16.0g, fat 21.0 g, saturated fat 6.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 11.0g, salt 0.69 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2010.

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  • 04 March 2010

    Anna rated this recipe

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  • 31 March 2010

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

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    The original beef dish and both it's second uses have been yum - this one especially was nice though I did find it a bit salty - so maybe would use unsmoked bacon if I made it again.

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  • 22 April 2010

    AnnieH rated and commented on this recipe

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    I am surprised this dish has only had 2 ratings so far. It is really delicious and the potatoes are fabulous!

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  • 02 August 2010

    specialk rated this recipe

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  • 20 September 2010

    beryl rated and commented on this recipe

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    really nice and tasty-although i did not bother putting in the second lot of herbs or bacon and only sprinkled parmesan on top of the potatoes-try it

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  • 23 September 2010

    PositivelyThrifty rated and commented on this recipe

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    Used the basic idea of this recipe to use up beef stew left overs. I left out the bacon and just used chedder cheese but it was really, really yummy. One day I'll make it properly!

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  • 27 September 2010

    Sammyc rated this recipe

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  • 03 October 2010

    Becks commented on this recipe

    Am going to try this although worryingly the nutritional information for this recipe is exactly the same as for the original beef dish. Could someone please correct this?

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  • 05 October 2010

    Jayne Moore rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely delicious. With and without potatoes, next time I'll throw in some button mushrooms an hour before the end, and have parmesan mash on the side rather then this topping. Was well worth the cooking time, easy, and really really great. Made a veggie version with corn too and was great!

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  • 08 October 2010

    sodabread commented on this recipe

    can't wait to try it looks great

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  • 21 October 2010

    ladyt rated and commented on this recipe

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    My daughter & I absolutely love this recipe!!!

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  • 09 January 2011

    Clairehazel rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really tasty. I'm not really a casserole kind of person so was very pleasantly surprised by how nice this was. Delicious.

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  • 12 February 2011

    chess rated and commented on this recipe

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    Just delicious!

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  • 15 July 2011

    Jellybean81 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Comfort food at its best. Totally delicious! I through it in the slow cooker for the day and added the pots and cheese later. I used unsmoked bacon though to reduce the saltiness :)

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  • 30 July 2011

    Jo-Jo rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is a fabulous meal, the addition of the oregano and pancetta really lifted the stew and I loved the potato topping. Unusually for me I didn't change a thing!!

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  • 08 September 2011

    Website Marketing commented on this recipe

    I made this a while back but my potatoes cooked really unevenly (they were mostly even sliced - I am no chef but they weren't too bad) besides that though, awesome recipe.

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    29 October 2011

    joe rated this recipe

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  • 04 January 2012

    Irish Tom commented on this recipe

    can you freeze this?

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  • 12 January 2012

    Jenny Piccolo rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    My kids loved this, but my husband wasn't blown away by it!

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  • 17 January 2012

    Rachel commented on this recipe

    I used polenta instead of potato, sprinkled with oregano and parmesan. Awesome!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Plus 4 hours for the beef stew
Freezable

Ingredients

  • 700g floury potatoes , sliced
  • 25g butter
  • 50g grated Parmesan
  • 140g pancetta or streaky bacon, cut into strips
  • 2 oregano sprigs, leaves stripped, or 2 tsp dried oregano
  • ½ quantity beef with red wine & carrots (see 'Goes well with')
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Per serving

443 kcalories, protein 46.0g, carbohydrate 16.0g, fat 21.0 g, saturated fat 6.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 11.0g, salt 0.69 g

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