Cottage Pie
Total time: 1 hr 30 min
Active time: 45 min
Serves: 8
Cottage pie, also called Shepherd's pie, is a savory dish of cooked minced meat topped with mashed potato and baked. The meat used may be previously cooked or freshly minced..
by Abhinaba Basu from Redmond, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ingredients
1 onion
2 tomatoes
1 pound ground beef
12 ounces potato
12 ounces sweet potato
1/5 teaspoon salt
If available:
1 bulb garlic
1/2 cup corn kernel
1/2 cup green pea
1 bunch spinach
1/2 cup kalamata olive
1/4 cup raisen
1 jalapeno
1/5 teaspoon black pepper
Steps
Boil potato and sweet potato in a pot with water.
Marinate ground beef with salt and black pepper.
While potato and sweet potato are boiling and ground beef is marinating, cut onion into 1-cm to 1/2-inch pieces. Put into casserole pan and cook under medium-high heat.
Mince garlic and add to casserole pan.
Cut tomatoes into 1-cm to 1/2-inch pieces. Put into mixture. Cover lid. Reduce heat to medium once mixture starts to bubble.
Mince jalapeno and add to casserole pan.
Cut kalamata olive into rings and add to mixture. Reduce heat to medium-low once mixture starts to bubble.
Add raisen, corn kernel, and green pea to mixture and stir.
While the ingredients in the casserole pan are cooking, peel and mash potato and sweet potato once they have softened.
Preheat oven to 180-degree C or 350-degree F.
Turn off heat to casserole pan. Lay spinach on top of mixture evenly.
Spread ground beef on top of spinach.
Spread potato and sweet potato on top of ground beef, covering the entire casserole pan.
Put casserole pan into oven. Bake for 40 minutes.
Serve immediately in casserole pan.