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Veggie packed cottage pie
Recipe by:
SQUIRREL1
This recipe is a perfect way to gain your 5-a-day, it has nine different kinds of veg which can be fresh or frozen. You can also make so many different varies taking out some vegetables or adding more.
Ready in 1 hour 10 mins
Saved by 19 cook(s)
Ingredients
Makes: 1 cottage pie
- 1/2 swede
- 2 parsnips
- 3 carrots
- 25g peas
- 25g sweetcorn
- 25g kidney beans
- 25g butter beans
- 1 tin of baked beans or chopped tomatoes
- 400g minced beef
- 4 to 5 medium potatoes
- 25g butter
- 30ml milk
- grated cheese
- oil for frying
- herbs also can be added for extra flavour
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Preparation method
Prep: 30 mins | Cook: 40 mins1.
Boil water in a saucepan whilst peeling and chopping potatoes, then add to water to boil for approx 20 min or until potatoes are soft.
2.
Brown mince in a little oil in frying pan. Whilst waiting for this to cook prepare the vegetables by peeling and chopping (you can use frozen and/or fresh vegetables).
3.
Drain oil from browned mince and place in a large bowl with raw vegetables, then mix with baked beans (or chopped plum tomatoes) add herbs if desired. Once mixed, place in a large oven-proof dish and flatten with back of a spoon.
4.
Once potatoes are soft, drain water and mash potatoes adding butter and a little milk till desired texture.
5.
Spoon potato mash onto mince and vegetable mix, smooth with back of spoon, and sprinkle with grated cheese.
6.
Bake at 180 C / Gas 4 for 30 minutes or until cheese has browned, serve hot with more vegetables or on its own. Enjoy!
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Last updated:
29 Jan 2013
Reviews & comments
Moderately easy
I used Quorn instead of meat as my son is a vegetarian with the herbs
Posted:
16 Jul 2012
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