Homemade Cottage Pie

The flavors in this delicious cottage pie recipe from the slow-cooked onions, beef, and root vegetables with cheesy mashed potato topping are unique. Once you try this, it will quickly become a new family favorite.

Cottage pie is a traditional Irish dish consisting of a beef filling with root vegetables and gravy baked in a dish with a topping of mashed potatoes. It is the same as a shepherd's pie, but it uses beef instead of lamb. There can be some customization with the filling by adding or swapping out some of the vegetables, like corn or peas. The potato topping can also have some variations using different fats such as sour cream or olive oil.

This is a highly hearty dish with rich flavors and is something everyone in my family loves and regularly asks for. My recipe does feed quite a bit, but this does make for excellent leftovers, and it does store well in the freezer.

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Ingredients for this recipe:

For the Filling:

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 pounds ground beef
• 1 peeled and small diced yellow onion
• 2 rinsed, quartered, and thinly sliced leeks
• 1 cup peeled and small-diced celeriac root
• 1 cup peeled and small-diced turnip
• 4 finely minced cloves of garlic
• 1 cup red wine
• ¼ cup tomato paste
• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• 2 ½ cups beef stock
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 to 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme
• Coarse sea salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste

For the Topping:

• 5 pounds peeled quartered russet potatoes
• ½ to ¾ cup buttermilk
• 1 stick + ¼ cup melted unsalted butter
• 1 ½ cups shredded Dubliner cheese
• 2 egg yolks
• coarse sea salt and ground white pepper to taste

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