Cottage pie is the ultimate savoury comfort food, so go on, treat yourself to seasoned beef topped with buttery mash potato and three cheese.

Baking your pie  to perfection

1. Defrost the pie   in the fridge for a maximum of 24 hours or defrost on the kitchen counter for a couple of hours.
2.  Preheat the oven to 190°C, remove the white paper-lid of the pie  and cover the pie with grease proof paper
3. Bake fan force for around 25 - 30  minutes. 
4. Uncover it and continue  baking for another 10  minutes until the cheese is a nice golden colour.
5. The pie should be piping hot in the centre. Check by inserting a metal skewer or knife into the centre for 15 seconds  -if the tip is too hot to touch when removed, it is ready!  You can also use a thermometer to see if it is 72°C in the centre.
6. Let it rest 5 minutes on the cooling tray before you serve. Bon appetit!

Baking From Frozen: Place the pie in the oven (covered as above) while the oven is heating up. Add 10 extra minutes to  cooking time.

Ingredients

Filling [beef, onion, tomato puree, carrot, peas, vegetable oil, butter (milk), salt, tomato paste, thyme], Potato mash [potato, milk, butter (milk)], mozzarella cheese (milk), cheddar cheese (milk), parmesan cheese (milk), parsley.

Contains: milk.

May contain: sesame seeds