1 onion, chopped 3 cloves of garlic, minced 1 sweet pepper, chopped 1 x 400g tin of chopped tomato 1kg minced/ground beef 250ml beef stock 1 x 400g tin of red/black beans 1 chilli, finely chopped
avocado pear, sliced baby corn tomato, diced cos lettuce, quartered
Place a saucepan over medium-high heat, add some olive oil and fry the onions until soft. Add the garlic and sweet pepper and stir-fry for 2-3 minutes. Add the chopped tomato, minced beef and stock to the pan and stir through. Season with salt and pepper and cook over a medium heat until most of the liquid has evaporated. Drain the beans and add it to the saucepan with the chilli. Cook for another 5 minutes or so while stirring. Remove from the heat.
Put your bowls together by incorporating: * the fried minced beef mixture * avocado pear *baby corn * chopped tomato * lettuce
Place a saucepan on medium-high heat and add the oil to it. Add the garlic and onion and cook for 1 minute. Add the carrot and cook for another 3 minutes while stirring every now and then. Turn the heat up and add the beef. Break the meat up with a wooden spoon and stir around until loose and browned from cooking. Sprinkle the flour over the beef and stir through. Add the tomato paste, beef stock, red wine, stock powder, Worcestershire sauce, thyme leaves, bay leaves and salt and pepper. Stir the mixture and bring it to a simmer. Turn the heat to medium and cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. You should now have a reduced, gravy consistency that isn’t watery. Taste the beef and adjust the seasoning according to taste. Spoon the mixture into a 18cm x 28cm ovenproof dish and allow it to cool. If the meat is cool when you add the mashed potato topping, the meat won’t cook through the topping.
Preheat your oven to 180℃. Cook the potatoes in a saucepan with boiling water for 20 minutes. Drain the potatoes and add them back to the saucepan. Add the warmed milk and 100g butter and mash the potato until smooth. Season with salt. Spread the mash on the beef and rough up the surface with a fork. Sprinkle the melted butter over and top with a sprinkling of the parmesan. Bake the cottage pie for 30 minutes until it is beautifully golden on top and bubbling on the edges. Serve piping hot.