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Cauliflower Cottage Pie

Servings 4

Ingredients

  • One extra large cauliflower mine gave me approx 900g of cauliflower (uncooked)
  • 500 g minced beef
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 2 large carrots grated
  • 2 garlic cloves chopped
  • rosemary dried or fresh
  • thyme dried or fresh
  • 3 tbsp plain flour
  • 500 ml beef stock
  • salt and pepper
  • 150 g cheddar cheese grated

Instructions

  1. Put the cauliflower on to boil until it's tender.
  2. Heat a large frying pan, add the oil and the minced beef and cook it until browned. Tip the mince out of the pan into a sieve to drain off any fat.
  3. In the same pan cook the onion and carrot over a medium heat until they soften. Return the meat to the pan with the garlic and the herbs and cook for another minute.
  4. Add the plain flour to the pan, cook for a minute and then pour in the stock. Keep stirring, it should start to thicken. Season to taste and then spoon the meat mixture into a large baking dish.
  5. When your cauliflower is cooked drain it well! It will hold quite a bit of water and you don't want it to be watery when you mash it.
  6. Mash the cauliflower, season to taste and then mix in half the cheese.
  7. Evenly spoon the cauliflower onto the meat mixture making sure it is all covered. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top.
  8. Bake in a preheated oven at 200c/180c fan oven for half an hour or until the meat mixture is bubbling around the edges and the cheese is golden brown.
  9. Serve with green vegetables and some extra gravy if you want it.