Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, mince beef hotpot with a twist. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Mince Beef Hotpot With a Twist is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Mince Beef Hotpot With a Twist is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have mince beef hotpot with a twist using 20 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mince Beef Hotpot With a Twist:
- Make ready 500 g mince beef
- Get 1 large onion, finely sliced
- Get 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- Prepare 1 tsp dried thyme
- Take 1 tsp dried basil
- Prepare 1 tsp paprika
- Get 2 tbsp tomato puree
- Get 1 tin (400 g) chopped tomatoes
- Prepare 1 tsp English mustard
- Take 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- Take Beef stock cube, dissolved in 300ml of boiling water
- Prepare 2 medium carrots, peeled and sliced
- Get 3-4 potatoes, peeled and sliced very thinly
- Prepare 2-3 cooked beetroot (not in vinegar), sliced thinly
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Prepare to taste cracked black pepper
- Make ready 1 cup frozen peas
- Get 2-3 tbsp olive oil
- Prepare 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- Prepare Grated cheese as needed, optional
Instructions to make Mince Beef Hotpot With a Twist:
- Heat a pan over low heat with olive. Add the onions and garlic and fry gently over low heat for 20-25 minutes. Stirring occasionally.
- Crank up the heat to medium. Add in the meat, breaking up any large chunks using the wooden spoon. Continue to fry the beef until evenly brown.
- Add the tomato puree, paprika, thyme and basil. Season with salt and pepper. Let it cook for a couple or minutes.
- Next add in the tomato tin, and vegetables and cook for 10 minutes. I also added any small chunks of beetroot into the pot that were too small to use to layer the mince.
- Add the stock, Worcestershire sauce and English mustard.
- Turn the heat down and cook down for about 40-45 minutes or until the meat is almost dry.
- Check the seasoning is to taste. Then transfer to an ovenproof dish with lid and using the wooden spoon level the meat.
- Layer the beetroot over the mince.
- Then layer the potatoes. I did 3 layers of sliced potatoes with each layer I seasoned lightly with herbed salt.
- On the last layer I seasoned well with salt and cracked black pepper and then drizzled with olive oil.
- Cover the dish with its lid and transfer to the oven and cook for about an hour. Do check from about 50 minutes onwards as very oven differs with timings.
- Once the potatoes are cooked, remove the lid and cook uncovered for 20-30 minutes or until the potatoes are brown and slightly crispy on the top layer.
- If using, sprinkle with grated cheese of choice. Mature chedder and mozzarella work well. Cook until cheese is melted. Serve immediately.
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