Traditional Cottage Pie

• 500 grams minced beef
• 1 medium onion
• 2 medium carrots
• 2 clove garlic
• 1 beef oxo
• 2 tbsp Worcester sauce
• 2 tbsp brown sauce
• 300 ml gravy made up
• 1 big pinch of mixed herbs
• 6 large potatoes
• 75 ml milk
• 50 grams butter

1. boil the potatoes until you can cut easily with a knife
2. mostly brown mince off in a pan
3. dice onion and carrots.
4. crush garlic.
5. add to the mince.
6. crumble oxo over and finish off browning the mince
7. add both sauces, herbs, garlic and gravy.
8. simmer
9. drain the potatoes and leave to steam for 5 mins to make fluffy mash
10. pour mince into a deep casserole dish
11. add butter and milk to the potatoes and mash until all the lumps have gone
12. clip the end of the pipping bag and spoon in the mash.
13. remove clip and pipe one even layer of mash then a layer of spikes
14. place under a grill/broiler until peaks brown
15. if you don't have a pipping bag just spoon on the mash and spike up with a fork

onion, carrots, clove garlic, beef, worcester sauce, brown sauce, herbs, potatoes, milk, butter

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/348972-traditional-cottage-pie (may not work)