How to Prepare Ultimate Low-Fat Cottage Pie

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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Low-Fat Cottage Pie is 6 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook Low-Fat Cottage Pie using 20 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

Slightly adapted from the hairy Dieters book. Roughly 322 calories per portion for 6.

Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Low-Fat Cottage Pie:

1. cottage pie mix
2. 400 g lean mince beef such as 5% fat mince beef
3. 2 medium onions, finely chopped
4. 2 clearly sticks, finely chopped
5. 3 medium carrots finely chopped
6. 2 tbsp tomato puree
7. 500 ml beef stock, made with 1 beef oxo cube
8. 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
9. 1 tsp mixed herbs
10. 4 tsp cornflour
11. 3 tbsp cold water
12. Salt to taste
13. Ground black pepper to taste
14. leeky potato topping
15. 800 g potatoes such as maris piper, peeled and quartered
16. 2 tsp olive oil
17. 2 leeks, trimmed and sliced into 1cm pieces
18. 150 g low fat creme fraiche
19. Sea salt to taste
20. Ground black pepper to taste

Steps to make to make Low-Fat Cottage Pie

1. Place a large non-stick saucepan over medium heat. Spray with cooking spray and add the mince, onions, celery and carrots. Cook for 10 minutes stirring regularly so as not to burn. Break up the mince with the wooden spoon.
2. Stir the tomato puree, beef stock, Worcestershire sauce and mixed herbs. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to the boil then reduce heat and cover with lid, simmer for 50-60 minutes, stirring occasionally until meat is tender.
3. About 30 minutes before the meat is ready make the potato topping. Boil the potatoes in salted water until soft and tender. While the potatoes are boiling, heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and fry the leeks for 8-10 minutes stirring regularly. Drain the potatoes well and return to the pan. Season with salt and pepper, add the creme fraiche until smooth then stir in the leeks and set aside.
4. Preheat oven to 200c. In the last 5 minutes of the meat cooking, mix the cornflour with the water to make a paste then add to the meat mixture. Cook for another 5 minutes or so until sauce has thickened.
5. Pour the meat into a shallow casserole dish then top with the mashed potatoes. Gently level the mash over the meat with a spoon, then fluff using a fork.
6. Bake for 30 minutes or until the potato topping is golden brown.
7. Let it rest for 15 minutes before serving. Serve with baked beans or side salad.

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