{"id":291,"date":"2013-07-30T08:16:51","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T00:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/werynice.com\/home\/?p=291"},"modified":"2013-07-30T08:16:51","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T00:16:51","slug":"cottage-pie-or-shepherd%e2%80%99s-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/werynice.com\/home\/?p=291","title":{"rendered":"Cottage Pie or Shepherd\u2019s Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

The traditional cottage pie or shepherd’s pie is a meat pie with mashed potatoes as the crust, as potato is a cheaper food then. This recipe is not truly the traditional cottage pie, for simplicity, I do not bake it, but simply heat it up in a warm steamer or toaster.<\/p>\n

(The preparation of the whipped potatoes is as the other post, but I’ll just repeat here for completeness.)<\/p>\n

Ingredients (Serve 2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. 4 potatoes<\/li>\n
  2. 1 table spoon butter<\/li>\n
  3. \u00bc – \u00bd cup milk<\/li>\n
  4. 2 slice cheese<\/li>\n
  5. 150 grams minced meat (beef or pork or chicken or lamb)<\/li>\n
  6. \u00bc teaspoon salt<\/li>\n
  7. 1 1\/2 table spoon tomato sauce<\/li>\n
  8. 1 1\/2 tablespoon oyster sauce or mushroom sauce<\/li>\n
  9. 1 teaspoon sugar<\/li>\n
  10. 1 tablespoon light soya sauce<\/li>\n
  11. \u00bd cup water<\/li>\n
  12. 1 teaspoon corn flour<\/li>\n
  13. 2 tablespoon cooking oil<\/li>\n
  14. \u00bd big yellow onion<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method <\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Peel potato and remove the eyes.\u00a0 Cut into chucks, steam for 30 mins until soft.<\/li>\n
    2. While it is still hot, put the potatoes in a pot or big bowl, add in butter and mash it thoroughly by pressing down with a potato masher.\u00a0 Add in milk, \u00bc cup first, and start mashing the potato till smooth, adding more milk a little at a time until the required soft and smooth texture.<\/li>\n
    3. Peel onion and chopped into small pieces.<\/li>\n
    4. In a bowl, mix ingredient 6 to 11.\u00a0 Add in corn flour. To prevent lumping, do not stir immediately, let the corn flour slowly sink to the bottom, then stir.<\/li>\n
    5. Heat up a frying pan or a sauce pan. Add oil and onions and fry till fragrant.<\/li>\n
    6. Add in minced meat and stir fry until cooked. Pour in the gravy from step 4.\u00a0 Allow it to boil for a 5 mins and thickens. And remove from heat.<\/li>\n
    7. In a bowl or plate or baking dish. Put the cooked minced meat at the bottom.\u00a0 Then top and cover with whipped potatoes.\u00a0 Put the slice cheese over the potato.\u00a0 Put in a toaster oven, or steamer, with low heat for 3 mins to melt the cheese.<\/li>\n
    8. Alternatively, you can also keep the minced meat aside, and pour over the potatoes after the cheese has melted.<\/li>\n
    9. Serve warm<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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