Mince pie
A recipe by chef Shishkov: a cottage-pie-style bake of minced meat and mushrooms topped with mashed potato and grated cheese.
Ingredients
| 500 г | minced meat "Stara planina" Portsia svezhest |
| 100 г | bacon Pikok |
| 200 г | mushrooms |
| 1 глава | red onion |
| 2-3 | garlic cloves |
| 400 г | potatoes |
| 2-3 с.л. | tomato paste Nostia |
| 100 мл | cream Pilos 30% |
| 50 г | German butter Pilos |
| 50 г | yellow cheese Bluedino Chuden |
| 3-4 с.л. | olive oil Promienna |
| 1 ч.л. | dried thyme, salt and black pepper to taste |
Instructions
Prep time: 1 h and 30 min
- Peel, wash and boil the potatoes. Drain them and mash them, then return them to the stove, reduced to low heat. Add salt, black pepper, the butter and 50 ml of the cream and stir until the butter melts.
- In a deep pan, sauté the finely chopped bacon, onion and garlic in the heated olive oil. Add the chopped mushrooms and the mince and cook until the mince is well browned. Pour in the tomato paste dissolved in 20 – 30 ml water, the remaining 50 ml cream and the thyme. Stir until the mixture thickens and transfer it into a deep baking dish. Spread the mashed potato thickly on top and sprinkle with the grated cheese. Bake in an oven preheated to 180°C for 20 – 25 min, until the cheese melts and the pie develops a golden crust.