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Cottage Pie recipe

Cottage Pie recipe, eat well on universal credit


I can’t believe we’ve not actually added a Cottage Pie recipe. We’ve got every other conceivable version, Swineherd Pie, Cumberland Pie, Shepherds Pie…. So here we have our take on the recipe. The minced Beef was 0.80p in the discounts!

Ingredients:-

500g Beef mince
2 Onions, chopped
2 Carrots, finely batoned
Soy Sauce, a dash
Worcester Sauce, dash
Grated Cheese
Salt & Pepper to taste
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Fry the Onions until translucent.
(2) Add Mince fry until brown.
(3) Season to taste.
(4) Add the Carrot and other ingredients and fry gently for 10 minutes.
(5) Add 500ml of Beef Stock.
(6) Turn down the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
(7) Boil and mash your Potatoes.
(8) If the Beef mixture looks too dry add some of the Potato water.
(9) Add the Beef mixture to a casserole dish and spread the mashed Potato over the top.
(10) Place in a pre heated oven at 180C for 30 minutes.
(11) Sprinkle the grated Cheese over and place back in the oven until melted and slightly crispy.

 

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Bangladesh style Kalija Curry (Spicy Chicken Liver) recipe
 
Round the world for £4  - B is for Bangladesh
 
We're working our way through the alphabet nation by nation trying to create a dish for £4. We found Chicken Liver at 0.65p for 300g so this dish including the herb and spices cost us less that £1 per plate and it was really tasty.
 
Ingredients:-
 
300g Chicken Liver. Steeped in milk for a couple of hours
1 large Potato cubed and boiled to soften
2 Onions chopped
1 large Tomato chopped
½ tbsp ground Ginger
1 tbsp grated Garlic
1 tsp Garam Mesala
1 tsp Cumin powder
1 tbsp Coriander powder
1 tsp Hot Chilli powder
½ tsp ground Black Pepper
5 to 6 dried Chillies
Salt
½ tsp Sugar
2 tsp Mustard oil (Mustard powder + Oil)
Flour & dry seasoning above to coat the Liver
 
Method:-
 
(1) Fry the Onions until lightly browned.
(2) Add ¼ tsp of Garam Masala and mix in.
(3) Add all the remaining dry ingredients, excluding the Sugar.
(4) Fry for a further 2-3 minutes.
(5) Coat the Liver in the seasoned flour.
(6) Add the Liver and softened Potatoes and fry on a high heat for 5 6 minutes.
(7) Add a cup of water, mix and cook on a low heat for a further 20 minutes until fully cooked. Stirring gently.
(8) Add the Sugar and ¼ tsp of Garam Masala. Mix well and cook for 2 to 3 minutes.
 
Serve over salted boiled Turmeric rice, perhaps with a little salad.
 

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