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Cottage Pie - Pie

Cottage Pie - Pie

Yes Pie - Pie, it’s not a typo. This is Cottage Pie filling in a mashed Potato based pastry casing. Try it, you’ll be pleasantly surprised!

Pastry Ingredients:-

375g warm mashed Potato
50g Margarine (Or Butter if you prefer)
190g Plain Flour (Gluten free in our case)
2 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Xanthan Gum
1 tsps Salt and few grinds of Pepper
2 beaten Eggs, half to glaze
1 tsp Mustard Powder

Method:-

(1) Press into a pie casing and blind bake for 12 minutes at 180c.
(2) Add the Cottage Pie filling.
(3) Form the lid and glaze with the remaining beaten Egg.
(4) Return to the oven for a further 15 minutes.

No pie is considered complete without double fried chips and peas here! The remaining Cottage Pie filling is in the fridge and will have mash added for tonight's dinner.

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Mackerel & Chickpea Risotto recipeAnother of our little finds in the local Polish Deli. 300g tins of Mackerel in Tomato sauce at £0.99. It's fair to say Sue did look a little sceptical when I appeared with it and it has sat lonely in the cupboard for a couple of weeks. But try this concoction, it's actually really good!
 
Ingredients:-
 
1 large tin of Mackerel in Tomato sauce
Salt & Pepper
Chilli flakes
Cuppa soup mix (We used Szechuan, as it Gluten free)
8 button Mushrooms, quartered
3 mixed thin peppers (Or one bell pepper if you prefer a milder taste), sliced
3 cloves of Garlic, grated
8 cherry Tomatoes, halved
Grated Italian style cheese
Kale (Savoy Cabbage will work, or any similar greens to add a bit of colour), sliced
Cheddar Cheese, grated
Rice (We used Basmati, but really it should
Oil to fry
 
Method:-
 
(1) Fry the Rice, Chilli flakes, Salt & Pepper for 5 minutes.
(2) Boil a pan of water.
(3) Slowly add the water and simmer. Try not to stir too much at this stage at you don't want to release too much starch from the Rice.
(4) Add the Garlic.
(5) Add the remaining ingredients excluding the Cheese.
(6) Simmer for a further 20 minutes.
(7) Add Cheddar Cheese, stir in to melt.
(8) Serve with the Italian style Cheese sprinkled over the top.

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