Homemade Cottage Pie, A Gordon Ramsey Recipe

Ingredients;

Olive oil

1 kg of ground beef

2 Large carrots, grated

2 Large onion, grated

Fresh rosemary

Fresh thyme

Minced garlic I used 6 cloves

Salt

Pepper

Worcestershire Sauce, several good splashes

2 large tablespoons of tomato paste

1 dl. of red wine

about 2 dl of chicken stock

The Mash:

1 kg of white potatoes

about 1 dl of heavy cream or cream substitute

2 tablespoon of butter

Salt

Pepper

4 Egg Yolks

1 dl parmesan cheese

The process;

Peel and dice your potatoes. Boil for about 15 minutes until very tender. Strain the water. Leave the potatoes in the pan. Mash the potatoes with their ingredients from above and keep warm.

Cooking the Filling:

Turn your oven on at 200 degrees C.

Pour Olive Oil into a hot, large pan, then add meat. Stir meat till its brown and broken into very small pieces. Add your garlic, grated carrots and onions and stir everything together for a minute or so. Now add your rosemary and thyme, Worcestershire sauce and stir. Add tomato puree and red wine and sweat down for a minute or two. Finally add chicken stock. Let it simmer for 15 minutes.

Scoop your meat mixture into a deep casserole or other oven safe dish and then spoon the mash over the top. Spread the mash over the top of the mix with the bottom of the spoon and then sprinkle with parmesan cheese over the top. Run a fork through the mash creating rows with peaks. Put the dish into the oven for 18-20 minutes.