Easiest Way to Prepare Homemade Cottage Pie

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Many things affect the quality of taste from Cottage Pie, starting from the type of ingredients, then the selection of fresh ingredients, the ability to cut dishes to how to make and serve them. Don't worry if you want to prepare Cottage Pie delicious at home, because if you already know the trick then this dish can be used as an extraordinary special treat.

As for the number of servings that can be served to make Cottage Pie is 6 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have Cottage Pie using 21 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

I always called this shepherd’s pie but technically it’s not shepherd’s pie because there’s no lamb in it. This is my version of cottage pie with ground beef, sausage, and vegetables. I serve it in individual ramekins that are deep, topped with my homemade mashed potatoes but it can be put into one dish and then served in individual portions.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Prepare to make Cottage Pie:

1. 4 strips bacon
2. 2 Hot Italian sausages
3. 1 lbs ground beef
4. 4 large mushrooms diced
5. 2 celery stalks diced
6. 2 carrots diced
7. 1 Jalapeño diced
8. 2 Garlic cloves minced
9. 1.5 cups beef broth
10. 1/2 cup red wine
11. 1 container veal/beef Demi-glacé (see picture below)
12. 2 Tbsp tomato paste
13. 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
14. 1 tsp dried thyme
15. 1 tsp Dried rosemary crushed
16. 3/4 tsp salt
17. 3/4 tsp black pepper
18. 3 slices provolone cheese
19. 4 cups homemade mashed potatoes (see my cheesy mashed potatoes recipe)
20. 2 Tbsp grated Romano cheese
21. 1 cup 4-cheese blend

Steps to make to make Cottage Pie

1. Cook bacon in a pan until crisp and reserve for topping the pie. Remove sausage from their casings. Mix with hamburger. To a large pan or pot add the sausage and hamburger and cook until browned. Remove cooked meat to a bowl. Add vegetables to pan and cook until softened. remove from heat. Add garlic and cook for one minute. Add red wine and cook for 5 minutes to remove alcohol.
2. Add in cooked meat, beef stock, Demi-glacé, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer and cook to thicken to a sauce consistency, about 20 minutes. If needed you can add an equal parts slurry of corn starch and water (start with 1/2 tsp corn starch).
3. Spoon mixture into individual ramekins. Fill 1/2 way. Next layer provolone cheese. Cover with a layer of mashed potatoes and sprinkle 4-cheese mixture and Romano cheese on top.
4. Top each ramekin with bacon. Place on a sheet pan in a 400°F oven. Bake about 20 minutes to melt cheese and heat throughout. Serve hot and enjoy.

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