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Nigella Lawson's Cottage PieLooks like I haven't been blogging on BE since November!! Well, time to put that right eh? Just typed out this recipe to send to my cousin in New Zealand. She loved it when she was over and wants the recipe. Must be the first time an American taught a Kiwi to make cottage pie Yes, I love trying out new recipes for old favourites and the general consensus is, that this is by far the best anyone in our family has ever tasted before!! I have tried several ways of making cottage pie over the years and I have to agree Anyone reading my blog would think I come alive only when I see a new movie or dine somewhere new. Or when I try a new recipe. Well, basically that's the only time I want to write down my experience or share it with someone. Hubby and I share hot sex in the bedroom of course, in case you're wondering, but it's not something I want to shout about Nigella Lawson’s Cottage Pie 1 medium Onion cut into rough chunks 1 medium carrot peeled and cut into rough chunks 1 clove garlic ½ celery stalk cut into rough chunks 2 Tbsp. Olive Oil ½ lb. Button mushrooms thinly sliced (optional) 8 oz ground beef or lamb 1 Tbs; all purpose flour ¼ cup Marsala wine (any type of wine such as port or a sweet sherry could probably be substituted) 1 cup canned tomatoes, drained 1 tsp. Soy sauce or Worcestershire sauce salt and freshly milled pepper 1 recipe your favourite mashed potato ¼ cup grated cheddar (optional) Put the onion, carrot garlic clove and celery into a food processor and pulse to chop finely. Heat the oil in medium frying pan and stir in the vegetables. Cook for a good 10 mts. until soft and add the mushrooms. You may want to add a knob of butter at this stage too. After 2 mts. Add the meat. Pushing and breaking it up with a wooded spoon. You want it to unclump and lose its pinkiness. Sprinkle over the flour and stir well. Then add the marsala wine, Tomatoes and worcestershire sauce. Stir well and let simmer for 20 mts. Uncover, prod and season with salt and pepper and cook for another 10 mts. By which time the meat should be cooked and not too liquid. Put into a dish, and top with potato. If you want the top crispy dot with butter and put it under a hot broiler – sprinkling with grated cheese first, if you like – for a few minutes. |
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They are familiar with shepherd's pie after all. All that sheep in that part of the world. I finally found out the difference between shepherd's pie and cottage pie. Shepherd's pie is made with lamb as opposed to cottage pie which is made with beef. I thought I would add it to my blog at the same time, for my future reference and for anyone interested.
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