Help!! Beef stock substitute in cottage pie!

[MsFogi]

I have just embarked on my cottage pie for the evening and realised I have no beef stock!! What can I use instead - chicken stock, veg stock, red wine/mix of all of them (I take it gravy granules would not be a good idea)

Red wine, have you got any Worcestershire sauce too?

Marmite with hot water

Any of the above will be fine. It's just for flavour.

Gravy granules contain beef flavouring but they're a thickener so maybe not what you want - veg stock should be OK, they're mainly herbs and salt anyway?

I put gravy granules in mine, thickens it up too. Also a splash of Worcester sauce.

Chicken stock and a bit of red wine will be absolutely fine. Or just chicken or veg stock. Don’t panic!

Drop of lea and perrins, bovril?, marmite?
Plus veg stock.

Good point by @DiamondSnow, or Bovril would be even better?

Vegetable stock works very well.

I'd go with the chicken stock. Do you have any dried mushrooms? If so, I'd soak some in the stock and whizz it up in a blender. A teaspoon of marmite is good too.

Thank you!! I love MN

I don't make mine with beef stock at all. I love bisto best (in the glass jar) and add a tablespoon or so of that. Sometimes a splash of worcestershire sauce and red wine too. I'm sure it will be delicious.

Not chicken stock !

But veg stock , marmite , bovril, soy sauce . Worcester sauce ok . Yes to dried mushrooms , celery gives a good flavour , some tomato purée even or red wine or ale .

I would have used veg stock and a splash of Worcestershire sauce.

I only buy veg stock so use it in place of anything that needs stock