English Meat and Potato Mash Casserole
Spoonsparrow’s English meat and potato mash casserole is easy to prepare and tastes great as dinner or lunch.
Ingredients
- 600 g starchy boiling potatoes
- Salt
- 2 carrots
- 200 g celery stalks
- 2 onions
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 800 g ground beef
- 2 tbsp Tomato paste
- 300 ml meat broth
- pepper (ground)
- 80 ml milk (3.5% fat), hot
- nutmeg
- 100 g Cheddar cheese
Instructions
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1.
Peel, wash, and boil the potatoes in salted water for about 25 minutes.
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2.
Meanwhile, wash, trim, and dice the carrots and celery stalks; peel and finely dice the onions.
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3.
Heat olive oil in a pan. Add onions and ground beef and sear for 5 minutes over high heat. Add carrots and celery and cook for another 3 minutes. Stir in tomato paste and roast for 1 minute. Pour in broth and season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
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4.
Drain the potatoes, let them steam dry, then mash or press them. Stir in hot milk and season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Spoon the meat sauce into a baking dish, spread the mashed potatoes over it, and grate cheddar cheese on top. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C (160 °C fan) for about 45 minutes until golden brown. Serve warm.
