Larry's Kitchen
🍳 Cottage Pie
🦁 Why Larry Likes This One
Larry loves the fluffy mashed potato on top going all golden!
Serves
4
Prep
20 min
Cook
40 min
Level
⭐⭐ Getting Confident
⚠️ Allergen Information
🥬Celery🥛Milk
Always check ingredient labels every time you cook. Ingredients can change. If your child has a diagnosed food allergy, follow their healthcare team's advice.
🥕 Ingredients
- •500 g minced beef
- •1 onion
- •2 carrots
- •1 stick celery
- •300 ml beef stock
- •2 tbsp tomato puree
- •800 g potatoes
- •30 g butter
- •50 ml milk
- •100 g frozen peas
🔧 Equipment
saucepanfrying panpotato masherovenproof dishcolander
📝 Method
🔥 Oven/Cooking temperature: 200°C / Gas 6
- 1Adult: preheat the oven to 200°C / Gas 6.
- 2Peel and chop the potatoes. Boil until soft.
- 3Adult: brown the mince in a frying pan.
- 4Add the chopped onion, carrots and celery. Cook for 5 minutes.
- 5Stir in the tomato puree and beef stock.
- 6Simmer for 20 minutes. Add peas.
- 7Mash the potatoes with butter and milk.
- 8Put the meat mixture in an ovenproof dish.
- 9Spread the mash on top.
- 10Adult: bake for 20 minutes until golden.
🦁 My Jobs
- ✓ Peel potatoes
- ✓ Mash potatoes
- ✓ Stir the mince
- ✓ Spread mash on top
👨👩👧 Grown-Up Jobs
- ⚠️ Use the oven and hob
- ⚠️ Handle raw mince
- ⚠️ Use a sharp knife
- ⚠️ Handle hot dishes
⚠️ Food Safety
- • Cook mince until no pink remains
- • Wash hands after handling raw meat
- • Dish will be very hot — let it stand before serving
🧩 Try It Your Way
Try sweet potato mash on top, or lentils instead of beef for a veggie version.
