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Kate's Cottage Pie

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Ingredients
  

  • 700 Grams Beef mince
  • 2 Medium onions Grated
  • 2 Carrots Grated
  • 3 Cloves garlic Finely chopped
  • 3 Tablespoons Tomato paste
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Dried thyme
  • 2 Tablespoons Flour
  • 1/2 Cup white wine
  • 2 Beef oxo cubes
  • 1 Cup water
  • 6 potatoes
  • 2 Tablespoons Butter
  • 1/4 Cup milk
  • 1/2 Cup Parmesan Grated
  • 2 Tablespoons Worcester sauce

Instructions
 

  • Peel and boil potatoes ready for mashing.
  • Brown beef well in a couple of tablespoons of oil on a high heat.
  • Turn heat down, add carrot, onion, garlic and thyme to pan, season with salt and pepper and cook off.
  • Add tomato paste and cook off for 10 minutes. Sprinkle flour over and mix in well, then add wine and Worcester sauce and reduce slightly.
  • Add oxo cubes and water. Cover and simmer for half an hour.
  • Meanwhile, drain and mash potatoes with butter, milk and half the Parmesan.
  • Check meat mixture for seasoning, then assemble pie and sprinkle the top with the remaining 1/2 of the Parmesan.
  • Bake for 1/2 an hour at 180 c or until the top is golden brown.
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