South African Recipes

COTTAGE PIE (Submitted by Maatjie Greeff E-Mail) 

Ingredients: 

• 750 gr Potatoes, peeled

• 100 ml cream or milk

• 1 egg yolk

• pinch of nutmeg

• cheddar cheese

• 250 gr minced meat

• 100 ml meat extract or red wine

• 10 ml tomato paste

• 25 ml cooking oil

• 2 med onions, chopped

• 1 clove of garlic, crushed

• 5 ml salt

• pinch of pepper

• (salt and pepper to taste)

Method: 

1. Cook potatoes and mash.
2. Add cream or milk, egg yolk, salt and pepper and mix till creamy.
3. Brown onion and garlic with meat, add salt pepper and tomato-paste, herbs and extract and cook a while.
4. Spread half of the potatoes on the bottom of a medium sized casserole greased dish.
5. Layer with meat and the rest of the potatoes on top.
6. Sprinkle with cheese and bake at 200 degrees C. (400 F) for 20 - 30 minutes.

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