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Cottage pie served with spiced olive oil, potato mash on top
Mediterranean flair: crispy potato top drizzled with spiced oil.

Cottage pie with spiced olive oil crust

Author: Flavelo
Recipes Main Courses Quick Meals
This version brings a little Mediterranean twist to the foggy Albion classic. While the traditional recipe operates with butter, here the final touch is given by a characterful, spiced olive oil. This technique not only creates an extra flavour layer on top of the mashed potato but, due to oil's higher heat tolerance, aids a crispier, 'fried' crust formation. Spices dissolved in oil release their aromas much more intensely.
🕒 Prep Time 25 mins
🍳 Cook Time 45 mins
⌛ Total Time 1 hr 10 mins
🍽️ Servings 4 servings
🔥 Calories 620 kcal
🌍 Cuisine British

Ingredients

Equipment Needed

  • Frying pan
  • Saucepan
  • Potato masher
  • Ovenproof dish

Allergen Information

⚠️ Milk
⚠️ Egg

Instructions

1 ✓

Peel, dice, and boil potatoes in salted water until soft. Meanwhile chop vegetables.

Tip: Smaller cubes cook faster, but be careful not to boil them completely mushy in water, or the mash becomes 'watery'.
2 ✓

Sauté onion, carrot, and crushed garlic in butter until onion is soft and translucent.

Tip: Fat-soluble vitamins and colour pigments (beta-carotene) in carrots release best at this stage.
3 ✓

Add meat, brown thoroughly. Pour in stock, season, and cook down until thick (approx. 15-20 mins). Finally stir in peas.

Tip: Adding peas at the end is enough; residual heat and baking will cook them. If overcooked, they lose crunch and turn greyish-brown.
4 ✓

Mash drained potatoes with butter, milk, and egg until creamy.

Tip: Never use a stick blender for mashed potato! Fast cutting destroys starch granules, making mash gluey. Use a masher or fork.
5 ✓

Layer: meat on bottom, mash on top. Smooth out, then drizzle thinly with infused olive oil.

Tip: Oil helps oven heat reach the surface more evenly (heat transfer) and adds extra crunch.
6 ✓

Bake in 200°C oven for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.

Tip: If you have a grill function, switch it on for the last 2 minutes for maximum browning.

Recipe FAQ

What olive oil should I use?
For baking (on top), good quality but not 'extra virgin' oil is fine, as heat breaks down the finest flavour notes anyway. If you have chilli or rosemary oil, that's perfect!
What if I don't have spiced stock?
You can use water and a good quality stock cube, but throw in a bay leaf and a sprig of thyme during cooking.

Ingredients

  • 500 g Minced beef
  • 50 g Butter
  • 1 unit Onion
  • 2 cloves Garlic
  • 2 unit Carrot
  • 100 g Garden peas
  • 200 ml Milk
  • 800 g Potatoes
  • 500 ml Beef stock
  • 2 tbsp Infused olive oil (e.g. chilli or herb)
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Ground pepper
  • 1 unit Egg