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Cottage Pie

Ingredients

• 1 lg yellow onion, finely diced
• 3 carrots, finely diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1.5 tbsp each fresh chopped thyme, rosemary, sage
• 1 lb ground beef
• 3 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 cup beef stock
• 1 tbsp flour

• 3 tbsp worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 4 potatoes, cut into chunks
• ½ cup butter
• 1.5 cups Irish cheddar, grated
• ½ cup whole milk
• ¼ cup heavy cream
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Heat a large pan over medium and melt 2 tbsp of butter. Then cook onions and carrots with salt and pepper for about 5 minutes until soft. and garlic and half the herbs and cook another 2 minutes.
2. Clear a space in the pan to melt another tbsp of butter and add ground beef. Season with salt and pepper and brown the ground beef, slowly stirring in carrots and onions.
3. Add remaining herbs and tomato paste. Stir until tomato paste is fully combined and let cook another 3-
4. 4 minutes. Then add 1 tbsp of flour and stir to combine
5. Add beef stock and Worcestershire and simmer until thickened. Stir in peas and remove from heat
6. In a large pot, cover potatoes with cold water and salt, cover and bring to a boil until fork tender
7. Drain and then mash potatoes with butter, cheese, milk and cream. Add salt as needed
8. Spread beef mixture in a baking pan and top with mashed potatoes.
9. Bake at 350 F for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Place under broiler for another 5 minutes to brown the top