Cottage pie was introduced in 1971 for the “cottage workers” which in other terms means the lower class workers of that time. However since its humble introduction it has taken hold of the population as a classic dish which is now eaten by both rich and poor.
Many variances of this dish have been created throughout the years depending on regional ingredients and I have come across other people who use baked beans in this dish but also people who have never heard of using this as an ingredient.
I was cooking for my housemate tonight who was also recovering from the same bug that i had so i decided to spare her from the original planned meal of fried rat with beans and treat us both to a wholesome classic meal that would surely knock days off the recovery process.
After cooking the onions, mushrooms and mince i was ready to add the tin of baked beans and then fill the dish and top with mashed potato and cheese...20 minutes in the over and it was ready to eat with some gravy. The picture doesn’t show the true amount of beans as most of them are snuggled away under the main body of potato.
I really enjoyed this meal but I’m sure eating it on a nice country farm with huge log fire and big oak dinner table would have somehow made it taste better.
I’ll be getting back to experimenting with beans and random ingredients very soon but needed this classic dish to help me get back to 100% health :)
