Location: Birmingham
Era: 1980 onwards
“My favourite meal when I was growing up was probably the cottage pie that my Nan used to make, I would go there a lot after school and at weekends. She’d make it using beef mince, carrots, peas and onion and then creamy mashed potato on the top covered in lots of cheese. I still get nostalgic when she makes it now.”
Charlotte Mincher
Ingredients
- Butter
- 500g beef mince
- 2 onions; 3 carrots; 3 celery; 2 garlic cloves: (all finely chopped)
- 3 tbsp plain flour
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 1.5 pints beef stock
Worcestershire sauce - Dried Thyme
- Potatoes
- Milk
- Strong cheddar