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Slow Cooker Cottage Pie
How to cook the most delicious and simple slow cooker cottage pie. Perfect for a fuss free Sunday dinner and you will love how you can use the slow cooker to make the mashed potatoes and to cook the minced beef filling.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
4 hrs
Total Time
4 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 715 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
International
Ingredients
Slow Cooker Mash
- 3 large sweet potatoes
- 2 Tbsp butter/margarine
- 4 Tbsp skimmed milk
- 1 Tsp mixed herbs
- salt & pepper
Cottage Pie Filling
- 750 g Beef Steak Mince
- 1 medium onion
- 3 large carrots
- 2 celery sticks
- 2 Cans Tinned Tomatoes
- 1 Tbsp tomato puree
- 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tbsp parsley
- salt & pepper
- 2 Cups frozen peas
Kitchen Gadgets:
- Crockpot
Instructions
- Peel your sweet potatoes and dice them and load the potatoes into the slow cooker with half the butter or margarine, salt, pepper, and mixed herbs. Allow to slow cook for 90 minutes on high to create soft mashed potatoes. After 90 minutes put the potatoes to one side in a suitable bowl and add the milk and other half of the butter.
- Whilst the potatoes are cooking in the slow cooker, peel and dice the onion and the carrots as well as cleaning and slicing the celery.
- When the slow cooker is done, and you have emptied out the potatoes use the slow cooker on the stovetop to sauté the onion with extra virgin olive oil.
- Once the onion is sautéed add in the minced beef and brown all over but don’t cook.
- Then remove the slow cooker from the stovetop and add everything else into the slow cooker (apart from the potatoes and peas) and mix well. Slow cook for 90 minutes on high. When the slow cooker is back on mash your sweet potatoes with the butter and milk until they are nice and creamy.
- After 90 minutes stir in the peas, fork test your carrots to make sure they are cooked and if needed add some extra sweet potato mash to thicken up your filling.
- Load up with sweet mash potatoes and then slow cook on high for 1 hour before serving.
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Notes
- Mince. I highly recommend using 5% fat minced beef. This is because the lower in fat the less greasy the mince will become as it cooks in the slow cooker.
- Thicken. I always use a little mash potato as a natural thickener. It tastes so good, and you are already making mash to go with the pie so why not?
- Thanks for reading our cottage pie in slow cooker on Recipe This. We have many more slow cooker recipes for you to check out next. Though if you would like more slow cooker dinner recipes, do check out our slow cooker sausages and onion gravy recipe next.
Nutrition Information
Calories
715kcal
(36%)
Carbohydrates
62g
(21%)
Protein
49g
(98%)
Fat
31g
(48%)
Saturated Fat
12g
(60%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
13g
Trans Fat
0.2g
Cholesterol
151mg
(50%)
Sodium
605mg
(25%)
Potassium
2062mg
(59%)
Fiber
14g
(56%)
Sugar
21g
(42%)
Vitamin A
32970IU
(659%)
Vitamin C
61mg
(68%)
Calcium
232mg
(23%)
Iron
8mg
(44%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 715
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 715kcal | 36% |
| Carbohydrates | 62g | 21% |
| Protein | 49g | 98% |
| Fat | 31g | 48% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 151mg | 50% |
| Sodium | 605mg | 25% |
| Potassium | 2062mg | 44% |
| Fiber | 14g | 56% |
| Sugar | 21g | 42% |
| Vitamin A | 32970IU | 659% |
| Vitamin C | 61mg | 68% |
| Calcium | 232mg | 23% |
| Iron | 8mg | 44% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.