Cottage Pie With Sausage Recipe

Who says you can’t have pie on Paleo? Food doesn’t get much more savory and comforting than a hot plate full of cottage pie straight from the oven.

Topped off with a creamy layer of mashed sweet potatoes, the sausage filling of this version can be spicy or mild, familiar or adventurous, exactly as you choose: it all depends on what sausage you pick.

I like using game meat sausage like venison, duck, or bison because it really adds a depth of taste that you won’t get from pork or chicken.

But of course, you can also use a more conventional version if you like; the right choice of sausage is whatever sets your mouth watering the fastest.

The directions in this recipe also add another decadent ingredient: lardons. As you might be able to guess from the name, lardons are a way of enjoying bacon or other pork fat, cut into cubes and then browned in a skillet until the cubes are crispy.

They add a burst of bacon flavor to any kind of savory dish; when you add them to an already delicious mixture of sausage and vegetables, you know you’re really in for a treat.

With the deep, rich taste of the lardons and the sausage, this recipe might feel like a guilty pleasure, but that’s the great thing about Paleo: you can enjoy plenty of delicious fat knowing that it’s actually good for you.

With plenty of vegetables rounding off the nutrient content, not to mention all the good stuff in the stock (if you’re making your own), there’s really no reason for the slightest hint of guilt to interrupt your enjoyment of a tasty and nourishing meal.

Cottage Pie With Sausage Recipe

SERVES: 6 PREP: 30 min COOK: 1h30 min

Ingredients

• ½ lb. bacon lardons, cooked;
• 6 or 8 good quality sausages, sliced;
• 2 onions, sliced;
• 4 carrots, peeled and finely chopped;
• 1 leek, finely sliced;
• 4 cups diced tomatoes;
• 1 cup chicken stock;
• 1 tbsp. homemade Worcestershire sauce, optional;
• Cooking fat;
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste;

Mashed Sweet Potatoes Ingredients

• 2 lb. sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes;
• ½ cup clarified butter;
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste;

Preparation

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and add the sweet potatoes. Cook until tender (20 to 30 minutes), and drain the water.
2. Mash the potatoes with a potato masher, add the clarified butter, and season to taste. Set the potatoes aside.
3. Melt some cooking fat in a skillet over medium-high heat and cook the sausages until they're browned on the outside but still uncooked in the middle (about 6 minutes). Remove the sausages from the heat.
4. In the same skillet, now over medium heat, cook the carrots, the leek, and the onions until soft (about 8 minutes).
5. Add the tomatoes, chicken stock, and Worcestershire sauce, if using, and bring to a simmer.
6. Return the sausages and lardons to the skillet and simmer for 30 minutes.
7. Preheat your oven to 375 F.
8. Transfer the sausage mixture into an ovenproof dish and spoon the mashed potatoes over it to form a crust.
9. Place in the oven for 30 minutes and bake until the mash is golden brown.
10. Let everything rest for a few minutes before serving.

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Cottage Pie With Sausage Recipe

Cold weather is no match for a hearty plate of cottage pie hot from the oven: take it even further with sausages and bacon fat in this Paleo version.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Total Time 2 hours hrs

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 6 people

Calories 747 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ½ lb. bacon lardons cooked
• 6 or 8 good quality sausages sliced
• 2 onions sliced
• 4 carrots peeled and finely chopped
• 1 leek finely sliced
• 4 cups diced tomatoes
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1 tbsp. homemade Worcestershire sauce optional
• Cooking fat
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Mashed Sweet Potatoes Ingredients

• 2 lb. sweet potatoes peeled and cut into cubes
• ½ cup clarified butter
• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

 

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and add the sweet potatoes. Cook until tender (20 to 30 minutes), and drain the water.
  2 lb. sweet potatoes
• Mash the potatoes with a potato masher, add the clarified butter, and season to taste. Set the potatoes aside.
  2 lb. sweet potatoes, ½ cup clarified butter, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• Melt some cooking fat in a skillet over medium-high heat and cook the sausages until they’re browned on the outside but still uncooked in the middle (about 6 minutes). Remove the sausages from the heat.
  Cooking fat
• In the same skillet, now over medium heat, cook the carrots, the leek, and the onions until soft (about 8 minutes).
  4 carrots, 1 leek, 2 onions
• Add the tomatoes, chicken stock, and Worcestershire sauce, if using, and bring to a simmer.
  4 cups diced tomatoes, 1 cup chicken stock, 1 tbsp. homemade Worcestershire sauce
• Return the sausages and lardons to the skillet and simmer for 30 minutes.
  ½ lb. bacon lardons, 6 or 8 good quality sausages, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• Preheat your oven to 375 F.
• Transfer the sausage mixture into an ovenproof dish and spoon the mashed potatoes over it to form a crust.
• Place in the oven for 30 minutes and bake until the mash is golden brown.
• Let everything rest for a few minutes before serving.

Nutrition

Calories: 747kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 23gFat: 53gSaturated Fat: 22gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 21gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 126mgSodium: 989mgPotassium: 1254mgFiber: 7gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 22886IUVitamin C: 24mgCalcium: 128mgIron: 4mg

Keyword cottage, pie, sausage

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