Cottage Pie With A Roasted Garlic & Potato Crust

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 lbs yukon gold potatoes, peeled
• 1 bulb of garlic
• 1 tablespoon butter
• salt
• pepper
• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 carrot, peeled chopped
• 1 piece celery, chopped
• 1 lb extra lean ground beef
• 3/4 cup beef stock or 3/4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh thyme, minced
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, minced
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 1 pinch hungarian paprika (optional)

Recipe

• 1 boil potatoes until cooked and then drain.
• 2 meanwhile slice the top part off a bulb of garlic.
• 3 rub the cut expose tops of the bulbs with 1 t of olive oil. roast it in the oven. the oil will prevent the bulb from drying out.
• 4 once the bulb is soft and cooked let it cool until you can handle it. squeeze the cloves out of the garlic bulb into the same pot as the potatoes.
• 5 mash the potatoes and garlic together.
• 6 preheat the oven to 400°f.
• 7 heat pan and add oil hamburger, onion, carrot, and celery to pan. cook on medium heat stirring occasional until it is cooked.
• 8 heat broth or water in a pot until it simmers, add flour and whisk over low heat for about 5 minutes. if it does not thicken add more flour.
• 9 add thickened broth the meat, thyme, rosemary, and nutmeg to the ground beef mixture.
• 10 put this mixture in a baking dish.
• 11 spread garlic mashed potatoes over the top of the ground beef. i like to keep it a little uneven so it looks more rustic than perfect.
• 12 put dabs of butter on top of the mashed potatoes.
• 13 sprinkle the paprika over the top of the potatoes.
• 14 bake in the oven 30-35 minutes until it is heated through.