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Family cottage pie

Family cottage pie

Ingredients

  • 300 g beef mince
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 carrots, diced
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 300 ml unsalted stock
  • 3 potatoes
  • 2 tbsp milk
  • 1 tbsp butter

Contains: Milk

Method

  1. Brown the mince with the onion and carrot. Add the tomato purée and stock; simmer 20 minutes.
  2. Boil the potatoes, mash with the milk and butter.
  3. Spoon the mince into a dish, top with the mash, and bake at 200 °C for 25 minutes until golden.
  4. Serve your child's portion; salt the adults' plates.
Safety: Serve your child's portion first, then salt the rest for the adults.
Storage: Fridge 3 days, freezer 2 months.
Tip: Red meat is the most efficient iron source there is, and mince is the easiest form of it for a toddler.

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