Cottage Pie with Swede Mash and Cheese Topping

Ingredients

• 2tsp olive oil
• ½ chopped onion
• ½ chopped carrot
• 250g lean mince beef
• ½ tbsp tomato puree
• 150ml beef stock (oxo cube)
• Fresh thyme
• 50g Savoy cabbage sliced

For the mash

• 175g floury potatoes
• 175g swede
• 3 tbsp semi-skimmed milk
• 100gr mild cheddar cheese

Cooking the mash

1. Cook potatoes and Swede till soft then mash and add milk
2. Leave to cool for later

Cooking the pie filling

1. Heat oil in a large pan then add your mince beef, cook till dark brown. Then strain fat off
2. Then fry onion off then add the carrots keep stirring for five minutes.
3. Then add mince beef with tomato puree and stock with thyme.
4. Bring to boil, then cover and reduce to a simmer for 20 minutes.
5. Part cook your cabbage in boiling water for 2 minutes then cool in cold water.
6. When pie filling is cooked place in a tray then your cabbage on top then pie your mash on top.
7. Sprinkle cheese on the top.
8. Bake in the oven gas mark 4(160c) for 25 minutes until golden brown