cottage pie with sliced potatoes ? can it be done?

[ggirl]

and without cream?

[MadameJulienBaptiste]

Yes its called hotpot.

[ggirl]

is it?
always wondered what betty's hotpot was...

[liveloveluggage]

I preboil the sliced potatoes, then layer on top of the meat with seasoning and cook in a hot oven for about 20 mins or until the potatoes are lightly browned.

[GlitzAndGigglesx]

Yes hot pots are lovely

[Lunaballoon]

I sometimes do this by making the meat bit as usual then topping with overlapping sliced cooked potatoes (microwaved), dotting with butter and oven baking for about half an hour or so.

[ggirl]

lovely ,how long to boil the sliced pots for ?

can you guess I'm shit in the kitchen?

[BlueBananas]

Without cream?? What? Do you put cream in shepherds pie??

[liveloveluggage]

I think about 10 mins depending on how thickly sliced, you don't want them to break up, but they should be just cooked through.

[ggirl]

lbuebananas-no i was googling and mary berry does one with cream in the potatoes

[liveloveluggage]

I think I have seen that, its like meat topped with dauphinious potato, very rich!

[MadameJulienBaptiste]

Oh and don't forget to add a splash of stout for Bettys hotpot.

Altho I prefer Tabasco.

[BuzzardBird]

I make it with lamb chunks instead of mince as I have an eversion to mince and potato slices are nice than mash. I don't pre-cook the pots I just slice them and pop them on top.

[BlueBananas]

Ohhhh ok I see, I was about to tell you off for making your pie very very wrong

[BuzzardBird]

*aversion

[Clutterbugsmum]

I do this as my DC will not eat mash. I top it with cheese as well.

[cdtaylornats]

You could make stovies
www.rampantscotland.com/recipes/blrecipe_stovies.htm