Richard's Ready Made Cottage Pie with Cheesy Sweet Potato Mash

A family recipe, refined with Richard’s own twist

Richard’s cottage pie is rooted in his mother’s hand-me-down recipe, one he’s enjoyed since childhood and now cooks with his own thoughtful enhancements. Lean beef mince is simmered with Kyogle garlic, carrots, and peas in a rich tomato and beef sauce flavoured with bay leaf, Italian herbs, Worcestershire, and a splash of red wine for depth.

The mash topping blends fluffy white potato with naturally sweet golden sweet potato, finished with melted cheese that browns beautifully in the oven. It’s a nod to tradition but with extra flavour, colour, and nutrition. Honest and hearty, this cottage pie shows how recipes passed down through families can be honoured while still evolving.

Cooked with ❤ by Richard

• ABOUT YOUR MEAL
• ABOUT YOUR COOK
  
  
  

• Preparation:
  Step 1 - Defrost in fridge overnight
  Step 2 - Preheat Oven 180°C
  Step 3 - Remove lid, cover with foil
  Step 4 - Bake 25mins until golden
  
  🥗 Best served with a crisp green salad
  
  Ingredients:
  Minced Beef, Garlic, Carrots, Peas, Tomato Soup, Italian Herbs, Red wine, Bay Leaf, Worcestershire Sauce, Golden Cream and Sweet Potato, Tasty Cheese, Tomato Ketchup (Concentrated Tomatoes (Contains 146g of Tomatoes per 100mL), Sugar, Salt, Concentrated White Vinegar, Natural Flavours, Food Acid (Citric Acid)), Concentrated Tomatoes (90%), Sugar, Tapioca Starch, Salt, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Bicarbonate), Natural Colour (Paprika Extract), Natural Flavours, Spice., Beef Stock cube (Salt, Wheat Flour, Maize Starch, Flavour Enhancers (621, 627), Colour (150C), Yeast Extract, Vegetable Oil, Flavourings (Including Beef Flavour), Autolysed Yeast Extract, Sugar, Lactic Acid, Onion Powder, Mineral Salt (508).),
  
  Contains: Milk, Gluten, Fish

• Hi, I'm Richard!
  
  I have always been interested in food from the early days of sitting in the kitchen doing my homework and helping Mam cook dinner or a cake and her showing how and why things were done. I wanted to do cookery classes at school but my father wouldn't allow it as he said that was only for girls! When I was 13 my Mam had to go into hospital for a very long time and i was left to cook for my father and little brother. After several weeks of Frozen Fish Fingers, Instant Mashed Potato and Frozen Peas he reluctantly agreed that I could attend cookery classes and my love affair with food began.
  
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