Can anyone give me a cheap recipe for cottage/shepards pie

lindseykim13

Or point me to a site?

I'm looking to homebake these but want something on the skrimpy budget all the recipes that i've found have got too many ingredients lol, i don't like herbs and spices so just a basic one please, and how do i make it? sorry if daft i have never attempted it before. thanks

sarahlouise210

packet of mince (or veg mince or Quorn if you fancy) if youre skimping then go for the smallesp packet...or a bigger packet but make more shepards pie and freeze it
Onion
couple of OXOs (you need some seasoning even if you dont like herbs etc!)

Fry your mince and onions , sprinkle over the oxos , pop in a little water, let it simmer a bit
peel your potatoes and chop them up - boil and mash them
empty your mince in a casserole dish or into smaller dishes if you want small pies - cover with the mash - pop on some cheese if you like and some tomato
bake at gas 6 for about 20/25 minutes ... enjoy !

Skyegirl

You could try this and adapt the recipe to what you have in, or substitute ingredients.

http://www.studentrecipes.com/recipe.php?id=1248

HTH

Pink.

Hi lindsey,

These older threads should help:

cheapest possible way - cottage pie recipe

Cottage Pie recipes

How do you make your shepherds/cottage

Shepherds/cottage pie

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orchid-96

I don't know if this recipe is on the link, but I have started copying my mother in laws recipe for cottage pie and it is really yummy..

I just put the mince and onions in a casserole with water and cook it on a medium heat for a few hours (usually all afternoon) I then stir in some beef gravy granules to thicken and add some more flavour and top with mash...

Minimum ingredients and really nice, I do buy the very lean mince though so not too fatty to cook without frying off first...

Sharra

My mum used to add a packet of stuffing to the mince to bulk it out - very yummy

fizzel81

i use mince(250g packet) 3 carrots onion, gravy and mash

grate the carrots and fry with the mince (the carrots bulk it out) add onions and fry off, make gravy

pop in a dish and add the mash on top then in over for around 40 mins x

this does me and my 3 boys and then enough for 3 small portions in freezer (which my son then takes to lunchclub at playschool)

needtoearnmoremoney

Packet of mince, chopped onion, diced carrot, bisto, a good squeeze of tomato puree. Cook for about 30-40 mins on simmer. Mashed potato on top.
yummy!

Raspberry_Swirl

we had cottage pie last night and added a tin of baked beans to the mince, carrot and onion to bulk it out a little. some worcestershire sauce, mash on top and you're good to go

davetrousers

Sharra wrote: »

My mum used to add a packet of stuffing to the mince to bulk it out - very yummy

Good idea, like the sound of that.

r.mac_2

I made this for dinner on sunday. OH had the leftovers for his dinner yesterday.

I sauted an onion, three diced carrots and three diced parsnips until soft and put to one side. I browned some lamb mince (This was cheaper than beef mince in the butchers). When browned I added a splodge of tomato puree and mixed until it had absorbed all the lamb juices, added the veggies back in and added some water and a veggie stock cube. I cooked down for about 40mins and added several handfuls of frozen peas before simmering for another 15 mins. Then put in a dish and added mash to the top.

All in fro 4 portions it cost me approx £3