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Cottage pie to feed a crowd
Photo: Priscilla Du Preez

Cottage pie to feed a crowd

15 ingredients 30 min Serves 40 openrecipes

Cottage pie to feed a crowd. You may it easier to cook the filling in batches, mixing it all together before you fill the dishes.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1226
Calories
56g
Protein
36g
Fat
168g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 15 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Beef 100g cooked 250
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 150ml/5fl oz sunflower oil
  • 10 large onions
  • 1kg/2lb 4oz carrots
  • 5kg/11lb lean beef mince
  • 300g/10½oz plain flour
  • 4.5 litres/8 pints beef stock
  • 2.8 litres/5 pints cold water
  • 300g/10½oz tomato purée
  • 4 dried bay leaves
  • 4 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 8 tbsp finely chopped parsley
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 8kg/18lb floury potatoes
  • 400g/14oz butter
  • 450ml/16fl oz milk

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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