Spicy Cottage Pie

Name: Spicy Cottage Pie
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 egg, well beaten; 5 ml baking powder; 50 g butter; 100 ml hot milk; 2 ml ground cloves; 2 ml grated nutmeg; 500 g potatoes, peeled and cubed; 500 g steak mince; 10 ml crushed garlic; 5 ml ground black pepper; 1 large onion, thinly sliced; 50 ml sago, soaked in 100 ml water for 15 minutes; 7 ml salt; 3 hard-boiled eggs, sliced

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Cape Malay Illustrated Cookbook

By Faldela Williams

Published 2012

About

Ingredients

500 g steak mince
1 large onion, thinly sliced
10 ml crushed

Main course

Method

Combine steak mince and onion in a saucepan and braise slowly, covered, for 30 minutes. Add garlic, pepper, salt, cloves and nutmeg, and cook a further 10 minutes. Add sago and cook over medium heat for about 15 minutes, or until sago is translucent.

Mashed potatoes: Cook the potatoes in salted boiling water for 15–20 minutes, or until soft enough to mash. Drain off excess water. Add th