Mini cottage pies

Mini cottage pies

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Ready in 1 hour 20 minutes

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Heat a large non- stick frying pan with 1 tbsp oil. Fry the mince on a high heat until browned all over. Scoop out then cook the onion, garlic, carrot and celery in the same pan with another tbsp oil until softened. Add back the mince with the thyme and tomato purée, stir well. Turn up the heat and pour in the wine. Bubble until reduced then add the stock and simmer for 30 minutes covered until the sauce has reduced and thickened slightly. Stir in the parsley and cool a little.
  2. Boil the potatoes until tender. Mash with the butter and horseradish then beat in the milk. Cool a little. Divide the beef mix between 4 individual ovenproof dishes. Spoon over the mash and fluff up the top with a fork. Bake for 20-25 minutes until the peaks are golden and crusted.

Per serving

710 kcalories, protein 37.7g, carbohydrate 59.2g, fat 35.9 g, saturated fat 16.1g, fibre 6.1g, salt 1.57 g

Recipe from olive magazine, May 2008.

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  • 28 April 2008

    shayron rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    great recipe, handy to prepare. one can add in more veg and leave out the butter to make it more cardiovacular friendly.

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  • 28 April 2008

    chris meagher commented on this recipe

    I ADD WORCESTER SAUCE FOR MORE FLAVOUR.

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  • 26 May 2008

    canadian carole rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This is a tasty dish, but needs a bit more of a kick. I achieve this by adding Worcester and a dash of tabasco. My mash is a combination of parsnip and potatoes rather than horseradish. Good comfort food!

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  • 15 January 2009

    carol g commented on this recipe

    worcester sauce does pep this recipe up

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  • 21 January 2009

    Emma commented on this recipe

    Fantastic recipe - husband and children raved about it!

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  • 22 April 2009

    cmf-foodfile commented on this recipe

    For my mash topping, I usually cook chopped carrots in the pan with the potatoes. Then I add in either boiled lentils, or coarse grain mustard, or defrosted frozen chopped spinach nuggets - or any combination of these. And any of the boiling items can be drained, and the liquid is the basis for the next pan of soup! So any other veg, within reason, that you're having with the meal - can be draind into the stock pot! I don't use the water from cauliflower or cabbages for the stock pot - they are both far too strong for our tastes. But breoccoli, carrot, onion, sweet corn, peas - you name it, it goes into the soup or the stock pot.

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  • 09 July 2009

    trickydee commented on this recipe

    Really tasty!! Added a bit of Worcestershire sauce as mentioned by a couple of others to give a little kick plus used lamb mince which made no difference to the taste (I assume!!). Also made 4 as per recipe but frozen the other 2 so hope that they'll be okay.

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  • 30 July 2009

    Lois22 commented on this recipe

    how much worcestershire sauce do you put in?

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  • 11 August 2009

    kitchenwitch commented on this recipe

    A little bit of Lancashire or Cheddar cheese sprinkled on top is really yummy too!!!

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  • 12 August 2009

    Gunnar Hakonarson rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really tasty. Don't understand users comments that it needed more flavour. Maybe they didn't reduce the sauce enough? Mine was very rich in flavours.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Ready in 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

HORSERADISH MASH

  • 1kg maris piper potatoes
  • 75g butter , diced
  • 2 tbsp horseradish cream
  • 100ml milk , hot
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Per serving

710 kcalories, protein 37.7g, carbohydrate 59.2g, fat 35.9 g, saturated fat 16.1g, fibre 6.1g, salt 1.57 g

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