Cottage Poe
The edgar allan poe cottage or poe cottage is the former home of american writer edgar allan poe.
Cottage poe. Proper english cottage pie is a delicious very traditional mince pie beef topped with mashed potato. After this it can vary greatly from region to region or kitchen to kitchen. Sometimes you will see other vegetables like celery mushrooms or peas studded through the meat filling.
Cottage pie is one of those rare foods that is truly perfect to make in advance. Lightly grease a 9 inch deep dish pie plate. Now cottage pie and shepherd s pie differ only in the type of ground meat they are made with.
You can also freeze cottage pie 100 perfectly. Poe hoped that the quiet cottage surrounded by fields and orchards and far from the noisy and polluted city would help virginia recover from tuberculosis. A traditional cottage pie is made with ground beef and topped with mashed potatoes.
Cover with salted water and bring to a boil over high heat. Always freeze the pie on the day that you make it. You can bake from frozen though it does take around 1 hour it s a formidable block of ice or thaw then bake.
We used potato slices which saves time and looks good too. Defrost in the fridge overnight then cook as per the recipe. Poe wrote some of his most famous works in the cottage including annabel lee eureka and the bells virginia died in the cottage in 1847.
For a shepherd s pie use lamb. Preheat oven to 350 degrees f 175 degrees c. Add 2 cups finely minced turkey meat along with the peas.