If you have been
reading this blog for a while, then you are no doubt aware that, in addition to
loving cooking, I also love mysteries. It should come as no surprise, then,
that I collect mystery cookbooks (and have the draft of one I edited years ago
still unpublished). Some of these books I cook from, others not, and it
should be fairly obvious which is which just by looking at the picture.
Over the weekend, I pulled out the Murder,
She Wrote Cookbook and stared
paging through. I came upon Angela Lansbury's recipe for Cottage Pie, and had
to make it.
I did so during the
opening day of baseball season, while watching the abysmal game between the
Cardinals and Pirates and was only too happy to have the diversion. Cottage Pie,
like Shepherd's Pie, is a great “cleaning out the fridge” kind of meal because
it makes use of all of those leftover vegetables that you have haunting your
fridge.
I like to make mine in individual dishes, and pipe on the mashed potatoes to make
for an elegant presentation of a rather peasant dish, but the piping is not at
all necessary.
This is a tasty
meal, paired nicely with a fruit cup and glass of burgundy.
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8 comments:
Bonjour chère amie,
J'aime ce genre de plat accompagné d'une bonne salade nouvelle du jardin !! Que du délice.
Une photo qui fait saliver !! hummm il est presque midi !!
Gros bisous
I love a good cottage pie! Thanks for sharing her recipe - I will have to give it a try for sure!!
Yes, I too love both... a good mystery and cooking. This recipe looks like a Shepherds Pie. Thanks for sharing Patti.
Love all your mystery books too.
Hugs,
FABBY
Murder She Wrote was my mom's favorite show, and cottage pie is one of my favorite meals --- I've never used tomato puree in mine, I'll have to try, thanks!
this looks and reads ...delicious..." I have never even read a book by her. Maybe it's time to do so someday.
Great -- that you are keeping alive the distinction between cottage pie (with beef) and shepherd's pie (with lamb, though you didn't mention it).
Even greater -- that you have mystery cookbooks! I just started looking for them a few months ago. I have some that are on your shelf, some that aren't. Do you have the Nancy Drew cookbook? I bought it but haven't really looked through it yet.
Not so great -- the Cardinals. I never watch baseball but if I did my St.Louis roots would show.
best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com
The cottage pie looks really great! So warm and comforting! I remember that series and did not now they had a cookbook.
That looks great, wish I had some right now.
Many thanks for the recipe. Looks so elegant.
Mary
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