Name: Skillet Beef & Carrot Cottage Pie with Mashed Potato Topping
Prep time: 22 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 37 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: european
Ingredients: 12 oz Lean Ground Beef; 2 Yellow Potato; 1 Yellow Onion; 2 Carrot; 2 stalks Celery; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 tbsp Tomato Paste; 1 tbsp All-Purpose Flour; ½ tsp Dried Thyme; ¾ cup Beef Broth; 1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce; ½ cup Frozen Peas; 1 oz Unsalted Butter; ¼ cup Whole Milk; 1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil; 1 ¼ tsp Kosher Salt; ¼ tsp Black Pepper

1

Fill a medium saucepan halfway with cold water, add salt, cover, and set over high heat.

2

While the water heats, peel the potatoes, cut them into 1-inch chunks, and slide them into the pot.

3

Set a 10-inch oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat and dice the onion while it warms for 2 minutes.

4

Add olive oil and ground beef, seasoning with salt and pepper and breaking the meat into small crumbles.

5

While the beef browns for 5 minutes, peel and dice the carrots, dice the celery, and mince the garlic.

6

Once the potato pot boils, set the lid ajar, drop to medium, and simmer 12 to 15 minutes until knife-tender.

7

Stir the onion, carrots, and celery into the deeply browned beef and cook 6 minutes until the onion turns translucent.

8

Add garlic, tomato paste, thyme, and flour, stirring 1 minute until the paste darkens to brick red and no dry flour remains.

9

Pour in beef broth and Worcestershire, scraping up the browned bits, then simmer over medium-low for 8 minutes.

10

While the gravy simmers, set an oven rack about 6 inches below the broiler and turn the broiler to high.

11

Drain the tender potatoes in a colander, then return them to the warm, empty saucepan off the heat.

12

Add butter, milk, and the remaining salt, mashing until fluffy, smooth, and free of lumps.

13

Stir frozen peas into the skillet and cook 2 minutes until bright green and the gravy coats the spoon thickly.

14

Spoon the mash over the filling, spread it to the skillet edges, and rough up the surface with a fork.

15

Broil 3 to 4 minutes until the potato ridges turn golden brown and gravy bubbles up around the edges.

16

Rest the skillet 3 minutes so the gravy settles, then scoop generous portions into warm bowls.

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