For a long time now, a lot of keto diet faithfuls have been looking for healthy and hearty beef filling to spruce up their meals. If that sounds like you, you no longer have to lose sleep over making your beef filling. We will show you how to make keto cottage pie with a cauliflower top.
Preheat this cottage pie for lunch and dinner, and you will be swept off your feet. It may interest you to know that this classic British dish dates back to the late 1700s. And this puts it 60 years ahead of the famous shepherd’s pie.
Having mentioned Shepards pie, let’s answer the question that is most likely running through your mind.
What is the difference between cottage pie and Shepards pie?
Not to get entangled in unending rounds of arguments, the clear-cut difference between a cottage pie and Shepard’s pie is that the former is made with beef while the latter is made with lamb.
While leftover roast meat has been the beef filling for cottage pie, more people are beginning to realize that ground beef tastes better. The ground beef filling does not only taste better. It also doesn’t eat deep into your pockets.
What ingredients do you need to make keto cottage pie?
- Olive oil ( 3 spoons)
- garlic ( 2 crushed cloves)
- Dried oregano ( 1 tablespoon)
- Dice onion
- Three sticks of diced celery
- salt ( 1 teaspoon)
- Ground beef ( 2 pounds)
- Tomato paste ( 3 tablespoons)
- Beef stock ( 1 cup)
- Red wine vinegar (1/4 cup)
- Fresh thyme leaves (2 tablespoons)
- Green beans (10 ounces)
- Cauliflower cut into evenly sized florets
- Butter (3 ounces)
- Salt ( 1/2 teaspoon)
- Teaspoon of pepper
- Three egg yolks
- Paprika ( a pinch)
- Dried oregano ( a pinch)
Hopefully, you got all of that. Now, let’s move to the preparation of keto cottage pie.
How to make keto cottage pie with our recipe
Step 1. Place a saucepan ( preferably a large one) over high heat.
Step 2. Add the garlic, onion, oregano, olive oil, and celery and sauté for 5 minutes. Continue to sauté until the onion starts to get translucent.
Step 3. Now, add the ground beef and salt and keep stirring until the meat starts to turn brown.
Step 4. When the beef is browned, you can add the tomato paste. And keep stirring.
Step 5. Mix the beef stock, red wine vinegar and allow to simmer until the liquid is reduced.
Step 6. You can now add the thyme and green beans and simmer for another 5 minutes. Spoon the beef mixture into a casserole dish and set it aside.
Step 7. Preheat the oven to 175 Celsius or 350 Fahrenheit
Step 8. Fill a large saucepan with water and let it boil.
Step 9. Add the cauliflower and let it cook for 10 minutes until it becomes tender.
Step 10. Drain the water and cauliflower. After draining the cauliflower of water, turn the cauliflower, salt, pepper into a saucepan.
Step 11. Blend the cauliflower to a mash, add the egg yolk and continue to blend.
Step 12. Spoon the mashed cauliflower onto a casserole dis.
Step13. Sprinkle the paprika and oregano
Step 14. Bake for another 30 minutes or until the mash turns golden brown.
Step 15. serve immediately, and remember to store leftovers in the fridge.
Conclusion
In addition to being an exceptional BBQ keto cottage pie. Each serving of this cottage pie offers 18g protein, 36g of fat, and 8g carbohydrates. Fiber is at 4g while sugar is 3g.