Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, cottage pie. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cottage pie using 9 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Cottage Pie:
- Take 1/2 packages sliced mushrooms
- Prepare 1 medium zucchini
- Get 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- Get 1/2 medium Onion
- Get 2 clove Garlic
- Take 1/2 cup Cheddar Cheese
- Make ready 1 Olive oil
- Get 1 box Instant mashed potatoes
- Get 1 lb Lean ground Beef
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Instructions to make Cottage Pie:
- Preheat oven to 375
- Chop garlic, onion, and zucchini.
- Heat olive oil in pan, when hot add garlic. Sautee for 3 min.
- Add chopped onion to garlic. Sautee until onion is caramelized. Add extra olive oil if needed.
- Add slicedushrooms to sauteed onion and garlic. I love mushrooms so I add the entire package otherwise add 1/2 package. Add olive oil as needed - Sautee untill mushrooms are caramelized.
- Put sauteed vege's aside into baking dish. Using the same pan, cook ground beef until pink is gone. Drain out juices.
- When ground beef is done, add to baking dish.
- If you want to add other veggies (ie. green beans, etc) add to baking dish now.
- Pour contents of mushroom soup over contents of baking dish. Stir well.
- I like cheese so I put 1/2 cup of cheese over mixture. You can omit.
- Cook mashed potatoes according to package directions. If there are 2 packages of instant mashed potatoes in box, I use both. Can never have too much potatoes. Add to the top of mixture.
- Bake uncovered for 30 mins in the oven or until potatoes are brown. You can add cheese to the top about 15 mins until done.
- ** You can add chopped bacon and/or chives and sprinkle over potatoes before serving. Best to serve with bread.
- ** Add salt and black pepper according to taste.
- Serve with bread and green salad. Or not.
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