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Cottage Pie

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  • 29-10-2010 12:37pm
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    breakfast roll
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭


    I'm going to be making a cottage pie for dinner tonight. I've come across a few recipes online, usually all involving the same ingredients- beef stock, wine, carrots, celery etc. I've just found one that uses a can of tomatoes - http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/food-drink/luxury-cottage-pie-1996270.html
    If I use a can of tomatoes in my cottage pie, will it taste like a spag bol sauce?!

    I'm sure this is one of the simplest dishes to make, but I've never made one before so any advice appreciated!

    Thanks


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    rylie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 117 ✭✭rylie


    That recipe is very similar to one I make, you can't taste the tomatoes in the sauce at all but they definitely add flavour without being "tomatoey"

    Enjoy, it's a perfect day for comfort food!


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    Seaneh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,300 ✭✭✭✭Seaneh


    There are a lot of people on here who swear by the tin of carrols vegetable soup method and I had to say its not bad at all.


    I myself usually just grate an onion, stick of celery and a carrot. Brown my mince, remove to a place.add the veggies, sweat for a bit then add a teaspoon of tomatoe puree, deglaze with a red little wine or water, put the mince back in, stir in a teaspoon of flour and let that colour a little then crumble in an oxo cube or two, then add can of chopped tomatoes, a dash of worcester sauce, a handfull of peas and let that simmer for about 15 minutes and then top with mashed spuds and into the oven to brown for about 10 minutes. sometimes I'll add some grated cheese for the last 5 minutes.


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    Black Swan
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 47,263 CMod ✭✭✭✭Black Swan


    breakfast roll wrote: »
    I'm going to be making a cottage pie for dinner tonight. I've come across a few recipes online, usually all involving the same ingredients- beef stock, wine, carrots, celery etc. I've just found one that uses a can of tomatoes
    Skip the tomatoes and add mushrooms (Oh, not the magic type, even if it is almost Halloween ;)).


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