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Cottage Pie Bach Cook Recipe

Comfort food at it's best, a deep filled meaty cottage pie topped with soft cheesy mash.

Ingredients:

Minced Beef

Cheese

Potatoes

Onions

Butter

Plain Flour

Beef Stock

Oil

Parsley

Peel and chop the potatoes. Put them in water to boil.

Chop the onions.

Fry in oil until soft.

Add the mince until brown.

Add the stock cubes.

And some flour.

Then the parsley.

Divide the mince and onion mixture into tin foil tubs.

Grate the cheese.

Drain the potatoes.

Add butter

And cheese

Mash well using a mixer.

Spread the mash on top of the mince mixture.

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Side seams first.

Then the side seams on the facing.

I've finished the lower edges of the facing with my overlocker.

Straps next, stitched

And turned.

Pressed

and top stitched.

Stitched in place along with the facing.

Elastic inserted.

The ends secured.

Hems pressed.

and top stitched in place.

Top stitching around the top.

Button holes measured and marked.

Sewn.

Then buttons hand sewn in place.

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