Low Carb Cottage Pie. This Low-Carb Creamy Cottage Pie recipe makes warm, comforting meal that's perfect for fall and winter. It's easy enough for a weekday dinner, but inviting enough to serve to company. This dish has a filling of tender ground beef and onions in a creamy sauce scented with garlic, thyme, and a hint of red pepper flakes..
There's a reason it's called comfort food, my friends.
Fry the onions, green peppers and zucchini in olive oil, on medium heat, until soft.
Add the ground beef and stir until red colour disappears.
You can cook Low Carb Cottage Pie using 18 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Low Carb Cottage Pie
- Prepare 2 T of coconut oil.
- Prepare 2 of garlic cloves, minced.
- You need 1 of onion, finely chopped.
- You need 2 of carrots, finely chopped.
- It's 2 of ribs celery, finely chopped.
- Prepare 800 g of beef mince.
- Prepare 60 g of tomato paste.
- It's 2 cups of beef stock.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of red wine.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce.
- You need 2 t of dried thyme.
- You need 3 of bay leaves.
- You need 2 T of cornflour mixed with a bit of water.
- You need 1 of big butternut, peeled and cut into cubes.
- It's 1/2 cup of plain yoghurt.
- It's 1 t of nutmeg.
- Prepare 2 T of coconut oil.
- Prepare of salt and pepper.
How to Make a Low Carb Cottage Pie. Add some olive oil to a large skillet and place over a medium heat. Brown off some lean ground beef. Add a chopped red bell pepper, chopped celery*, onion powder, tomato puree, dried thyme, Worcestershire sauce, red wine, beef stock, and bay leaves.
Low Carb Cottage Pie step by step
- Heat the oven to 190C..
- Place the butternut with the 2 T of coconut oil, nutmeg and salt and pepper in a big roasting dish. Mix and roast for 30 minutes or until soft..
- In a big pan brown the onion and garlic in the 2 T coconut oil..
- Add the carrots and celery and saute until soft..
- Add the mince, breaking it up as it browns..
- Add the tomato paste, red wine, stock, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, bay leaves and salt and pepper and mix..
- Add the cornstarch slurry..
- Bring to a boil and then simmer on medium heat until the liquid has become a thick gravy. About 40 minutes..
- When the butternut is soft, transfer to a bowl and add the yoghurt. Blitz with a hand-held blender until it is mashed..
- When the mince is ready (the gravy should be thick and not at all runny), transfer it to the dish wherein the butternut was cooked..
- Add the butternut mash to the dish, creating a second layer..
- Put the dish back in the oven for 30 minutes..
- Serve with chopped Italian parsley and chillies..
This low carb cottage pie is great comfort food. It was delicious straight from the oven. You won't even miss potatoes in this recipe. You can serve it with green salad, your favorite vegetables or on its own. A delicious keto cottage pie recipe with cauliflower mash topping.