Cottage Pie (6 Servings)

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Today's highlight is the cottage pie. This enjoyable recipe is easy and quick to prepare.

All you require are 21 ingredients and the eagerness to follow 4 easy steps.

• 4 strips bacon
• 2 Hot Italian sausages
• 1 lbs ground beef
• 4 large mushrooms diced
• 2 celery stalks diced
• 2 carrots diced
• 1 Jalapeño diced
• 2 Garlic cloves minced
• 1.5 cups beef broth
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 1 container veal/beef Demi-glacé (see picture below)
• 2 Tbsp tomato paste
• 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp Dried rosemary crushed
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 3/4 tsp black pepper
• 3 slices provolone cheese
• 4 cups homemade mashed potatoes (see my cheesy mashed potatoes recipe)
• 2 Tbsp grated Romano cheese
• 1 cup 4-cheese blend

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• Cook bacon in a pan until crisp and reserve for topping the pie. Remove sausage from their casings. Mix with hamburger. To a large pan or pot add the sausage and hamburger and cook until browned. Remove cooked meat to a bowl. Add vegetables to pan and cook until softened. remove from heat. Add garlic and cook for one minute. Add red wine and cook for 5 minutes to remove alcohol.

  

• Add in cooked meat, beef stock, Demi-glacé, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer and cook to thicken to a sauce consistency, about 20 minutes. If needed you can add an equal parts slurry of corn starch and water (start with 1/2 tsp corn starch).

  

• Spoon mixture into individual ramekins. Fill 1/2 way. Next layer provolone cheese. Cover with a layer of mashed potatoes and sprinkle 4-cheese mixture and Romano cheese on top.

  

• Top each ramekin with bacon. Place on a sheet pan in a 400°F oven. Bake about 20 minutes to melt cheese and heat throughout. Serve hot and enjoy.

  

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