Cottage Pie-A Prince of a Pie

It was all over the news a while ago that Prince William's favorite dish was a Cottage Pie.

Similar to a Shepherd's Pie, just a name variation.

But really, who doesn't love meat simmered in a flavorful gravy topped by fluffy mashed potatoes?

Behold the beloved......

I love to add vegetables to my version, but a purist would just use meat and onions.

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 lbs ground beef
• 1 onion chopped
• 1-2 cups frozen vegetables - chopped carrots, corn, peas-(no need to thaw)
• 1 1/2 - 2 lbs potatoes (3 big ones)
• 8 tablespoons butter (1 stick)
• 2 tbsp flour
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3/4 cup beef broth
• 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• Salt, pepper to taste

Method

1 Peel and chunk potatoes, boil in salted water until tender (about 15 minutes).
2 While the potatoes are cooking, melt 4 Tablespoons butter (1/2 a stick) in large frying pan.
3 Sauté onions in butter until tender over medium heat (8-10 mins).

4 Add ground beef and sauté until no longer pink, crumbling. Add vegetables, salt and pepper. Add Worcestershire sauce, sprinkle flour over all and stir to mix in and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add beef broth and cook, uncovered, over low heat for 10 minutes, adding more beef broth as necessary to keep moist.
5 Mash potatoes in bowl with remainder of butter and milk, season to taste.

6 Place beef and onions in baking dish. Distribute mashed potatoes on top. Rough up with a fork so that there are peaks that will brown nicely. You can use the fork to make some designs in the potatoes as well.
7 Bake in 400F oven until bubbling and brown (about 30 minutes). Broil for last few minutes if necessary to brown.

 Enjoy!! 

This recipe is shared on My Link Parties

Also shared on Weekend Potluck 
and FoodieFriendsFriday