Cottage Pie

Made with Sweet Potato mash!

I used moose instead of beef and it was delicious.

Excellent flavor. For the wine I used a very good Cab Sauv. I didn't finely chop the veggies because I didn't want mush, I cut them in smallish bite size pieces. I did 3 carrots, 2 celery, 2#'s ground beef and 3 tablespoons of the tomato paste. Other than these my changes were all in method of cooking. 1) Browned the beef and set aside in a bowl. 2) While beef was cooking I sauteed, in a small pan, on low heat 3 tablespoons of tomato paste in a drop or two of oil to cook the bitter tomato paste flavor out. Gives it a touch of warm smokey flavor instead of condensed raw tomato. Roughly 30 minutes on low adding a drop or 2 of oil if it starts to look dry. 3) Sauteed onions in what little grease the beef rendered for one 1 minute, then added the carrots, celery and garlic. Cooked for about 30 seconds to get the raw out of the garlic. 4) Added the beef back into the pan with the veggies and then the flour as called for plus 1 heaping tbsp. Mixed all together and cooked on medium low for a minute or 2. Then added all the wet ingredients and seasoning. Except no additional salt as I used beef bone broth with sodium. Put it in fridge to cool down. For the mashed potatoes I used butter, heavy cream, dollop of sour cream and 2 small heads of roasted garlic. If you're going to splurge on calories and fat you might as well make it worth it. Not a meal to eat often, but once in a while won't hurt you.

Excellent!! Added a carrot

Very easy recipe and easy to follow the instructions. I added a little bit more salt. Used water instead of wine. So tasty.

I cut the recipe down by a third but kept a full carrot, onion and celery. I'd recommend this one, really lovely flavour!

Excellent. Used sweet potato instead on topping and found it very tasty. Made the mince the night before and put in the fridge as suggested.

Half the tomato paste

Don't use the wine or replace it with water, the consistency is perfect and doesn't need reducing. Alternatively use red wine and use slightly less stock.

Instead of tomato paste, beef broth, worchester sauce, and wine, I use Lipton's "Onion and Mushroom " soup mix and some water. Plus, I add sauteed mushrooms to the beef mixture. Instead of the celery and carrots, I use frozen vegetables.

Going to add some red pepper flakes next time for some extra heat but pretty good