I know that cottage pie is made with beef and shepherds pie is made with lamb. But in my house it is shepherds pie whichever I use.
Today I am making my family favourite cottage/shepherds pie, as to me it is my comfort food. We all have our own ways of making this. So thought I would share my recipe, which is quick and easy, following in my recent quick and easy family favourite meals.
Table of Contents
Ingredients
Beef Mince
Diced Onion
2 x beef oxo cubes
1 x tin baked beans
Ground Pepper
No salt gravy granules
Boiling Water
Potatoes
Method
Step 1
peel and boil potatoes in salted water until soft and ready for mashing.
Step 2
Fry the mince an diced onion, for quickness I always have frozen diced onion in the freezer and just add a handful or so of this.
Step 3
Once the mince is cooked sprinkle in 2 oxo cubes and add pepper.
Stir in the baked beans
Step 4
Add boiling water and mix thoroughly and then add gravy granule. I use reduced salt as the oxo cube add enough salt for the recipe.
Bring to the boil.
Step 5
Transfer to your oven proof dish
Step 6
Your potatoes should be ready for mashing, to make this job easier and get smooth creamy mashed potato I use an electric masha which I featured in my 2019 Christmas Gift Guide. This has to be my favourite kitchen gadget.
Place the mashed potato over your mince
Step 7
Put in the oven to crisp up the potato and serve
You can add grated cheese to the mash for a cheesy option.
How do you make yours?
Have you seen my other quick and easy family favourite recipes
If you have some family favourite recipes you would like to share, I would love to try and feature them.
just how i do mine , so yummy
It is my favourite comfort food 🙂
I love this classic dish, as does the whole family
Cottage pie is one of our classic dishes at home and it’s one of my fiances specialities, you can’t go wrong with one x
It is a classic dish and you are right you can not go wrong with it, there are so many varieties and everyone has their own version as well
This is such a tasty recipe. We love a cottage pie in our house but don’t get around to making it all too often.
We love it as well, I don’t mind making it but hate peeling potatoes for some reason
I absolutely love cottage pie but I am really naughty and I put lots of grated cheese under the potato, sounds odd but tastes amazing!
I have not tried it that way, I will have to give this a go next time I make it
Quick easy and delicious – a family favourite here too
It is one of those meals that is pure comfort food
This is such an easy recipe to make! I am gonna give this a try as my version takes almost 2 and half hours to make
I would rarely make it it took that long lol, I am for quick and easy meals especially as we have my parents living with us and they eat separately so I like to be out of the kitchen before they go in there
I’ve never put baked beans in ours but my husband likes them on the side, along with crusty bread, so I suspect we’d like them in the pie too.
I have no idea when I started this but my family love it
This is an interesting recipe, I’ve never put baked beans in my recipe before but may have to give this a try! 🙂
My family love it and it makes it much richer I hope you like it when you try it
I family favourite in our family -hooray for real British food.
Who doesn’t like good old fashioned comfort food
Oh your recipes always look so scrumptious! I am going to try and make my partner make this. Great meal ideas for all the family!
Thank you I hope you enjoy it
Mmm I do love a cottage pie, especially one with a crispy cheesy top. And it’s great to have comfort food dishes you can cook for the whole family!
I love proper comfort food and love a crispy cheesy top on mine as well