Italian cottage pie

Italian cottage pie

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Prep: 10 mins Cook: 40 mins Plus 4 hours for the beef stew

Easy

Serves 4

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

Nutrition and extra info

  • Freezable

Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal791
  • fat40g
  • saturates15g
  • carbs46g
  • sugars12g
  • fibre5g
  • protein61g
  • salt2.83g
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Ingredients

  • 700g floury potatoes, sliced
    Potato

    Potato

    po-tate-oh

    The world's favourite root vegetable, the potato comes in innumerable varieties. A member of…

  • 25g butter
    Butter

    Butter

    butt-err

    Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…

  • 50g grated parmesan
    Parmesan

    Parmesan

    parm-ee-zan

    Parmesan is a straw-coloured hard cheese with a natural yellow rind and rich, fruity flavour. It…

  • 140g pancetta or streaky bacon, cut into strips
    Pancetta

    Pancetta

    pan-chet-ah

    Pancetta is Italian cured pork belly - the equivalent of streaky bacon. It has a deep, strong,…

  • 2 oregano sprigs, leaves stripped, or 2 tsp dried oregano
    Oregano

    Oregano

    or-ee-gar-no

    Closely related to marjoram, of which it is the wild equivalent, oregano has a coarser, more…

  • ½ quantity beef with red wine & carrots (see 'Goes well with')
    Beef

    Beef

    bee-f

    The classic cut of meat for a British Sunday roast, beef is full of flavour, as well as being a…

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.

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lizzafezza
8th May, 2016
Tasty...I left out the pancetta and cooked in a slow cooker before finishing in the oven with the potatoes.
bbornagain2day
13th Nov, 2014
Preferred the original with mash pots and don't see the point in adding bacon and herbs later - might as well do to begin with if going to bother. |A very tasty beef dish !
dinnerideas
22nd Feb, 2014
A very tasty dinner although I did tweek it a bit by using a basic Bolognese and then topping that with the parmesan potatoes.A hit with all the family:-)
lucyw
1st Feb, 2014
5.05
Delicious, new favourite beef stew/pie recipe, didn't feel the need to add any extra ingredients (not sure what the Italian bit is all about even an Italian friend was none the wiser) Agree with other user comments. Wish I had made double!
minibear
25th Nov, 2013
Really delicious! I didn't bother with the bacon and oregano. I layered the potatoes, plain, over the stew, put a few dollops of butter over them, sprayed with some oil and topped with about 30g of Parmesan. I left it in the oven for 30mind to crisp the potatoes more. Will definitely be making this again, really very tasty indeed!
gin1902
3rd Sep, 2013
5.05
Left out bacon. This was the nicest cottage pie ever! So quick once you have made the stew. Great if you want to make 2 or 3 meals in one go!! Going to make the pasta dish next. How hard can it be to add fresh tomato sauce to the stew. hehe.
susieone
27th Mar, 2013
5.05
Now, this was good..... I'll make double next time!!!
calmisthestorm
30th Aug, 2012
5.05
OM NOM NOM NOM!
holspark
13th Jul, 2012
5.05
This is absolutely delicious, better than the original stew!
babe9305
13th Jun, 2012
4.05
I used the cheese potato part of this recipe instead of the usual mashed potato on my shepards pie- was a nice change :) Very simple.

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Gingerdesire
14th Aug, 2017
Hi Can this be made in the slow cooker?
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goodfoodteam
17th Aug, 2017
Thanks for your question, we saw your question on the beef with red wine & carrots and we've given advice on the slow cooking there. You'll need to continue from step 2 here, following the recipe.
squeeze101
29th Jul, 2016
The calories in this are wrong - these calories are the same as those for the basic beef and carrot recipe and as you have added other ingredients they are not correct. The actual calories for this dish is more like 672 kcals, 26.5 g fat per serving.
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goodfoodteam
16th Aug, 2016
Thank you very much for alerting us to this. We have now amended the quantities to include all the ingredients. We apologise for the mix up and appreciate your help in getting it sorted. Many thanks.
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