Cottage Pie
- Serves:
- 4
- Preparation time:
- 30 minutes
- Cooking time:
- 20 - 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 500g beef mince
- 1 medium onion - diced
- 1 medium carrot - diced
- 100g swede - diced
- 2 tablespoons plain flour
- 2 tablespoons tomato puree
- 500ml water
- 3-4 teaspoons OXO Beef Reduced Salt Stock Granules
- Approximately 750g mashed potato for topping
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C (fan oven), 200°C (conventional oven) or gas mark 4.
- Heat the oil in a pan and fry the beef until it is lightly browned.
- Add the onions, carrots and swede and cook on a low to medium heat for 4-5 minutes.
- Add the flour and cook for a minute, stirring well to make sure the flour is all mixed in.
- Add the tomato puree, then the water and OXO Beef Reduced Salt Stock Granules.
- Bring to the boil and then reduce to a low simmer and cook for 20 minutes.
- Put the meat base mixture into a casserole dish and cover with a layer of mashed potato.
- Cook for approx 20-30 mins.
Cook's tip: You can replace the OXO Beef Reduced Salt Stock Granules with:
- OXO Beef Stock Cubes crumbled in at the same stage
Nutritional Information
| Typical Values |
Per 100g |
Per Portion (488g) |
GDA (Adult) |
| energy* |
450kJ/107kcal |
2195kJ/523kcal |
26.2 |
| protein |
6.9g |
33.8g |
|
| carbohydrate |
9.1g |
44.5g |
|
| of which sugars |
1.7g |
8.2g |
9.1 |
| fat |
4.8g |
23.3g |
33.3 |
| of which saturates |
1.5g |
7.3g |
36.5 |
| fibre |
0.9g |
4.3g |
|
| sodium |
0.09g |
0.42g |
17.5 |
| salt equivalent |
0.225g |
1.05g |
|
| * An adult's guideline daily amount (GDA) for calories is 2000 kcal |