Beef mince and onion with cauliflower cream cheese topping and a cheddar cheese crust. Obviously not quite as good as the full-on cottage pie, this was decent alternative for Atkins'or keto dieting.
Low Carb Cottage Pie
| Main Dish | Low Carb | Beef And Lamb |
Ingredients
- For the mince
- 400 g beef mince
- 50 g onion
- 1 x beef stock cube
- For the topping
- 200 g cauliflower
- 50 g cream cheese
- 50 g cheddar cheese
Instructions
Preparation
- Roughly chop the cauliflower
- Finely dice the onion.
Method
- Step 1
- Boil a pan of water.
- Add the cauliflower and boil for 20 mins.
- Step 2
- While the cauliflower is cooking, melt the ghee in a large frying pan over high heat. (Number 8.)
- Add the beef mince, the onion and the stock cube to the heated ghee.
- Stir continuously.
- When the mince is brown, remove it from the heat.
- Step 3
- Pre-heat a fan-assisted oven to 200°C.
- Step 4
- Place the mince into a 23cm by 23cm casserole dish.
- Step 5
- When the cauliflower is soft, drain the water.
- Add the cooked cauliflower and the cream cheese to a food processor. Pulse until smoothly mashed.
- Step 6
- Place 'drops' of cauliflower over the mince.
- Smooth the cauliflower so that it covers all the mince.
- Grate the cheddar cheese and sprinkle over the cauliflower.
- Step 7
- Place the cottage pie into the centre of the oven and bake for 25 mins.
- Serve.
Alex