Cottage Pie Recipe for PV days

I got the Cottage Pie Recipe from My Dukan Diary Blog. Lauren comes up with the most wonderful recipes and ideas! I can't wait to try it myself! Thank you Lauren!

Makes 4 large Serves
Suitable for Cruise PV Phase

Filling Ingredients:
Olive Oil Spray
500g Beef Mince
1/2 Onion finely diced
2 large cloves garlic, crushed
2 tbsp Corn Flour
1 tsp Chicken Stock Powder dissolved in 1 1/2 cups Hot Water
2 Tomatoes, Diced
150g tub Tomato Paste
Freshly Cracked Black Pepper

Topping Ingredients:
1 head of Cauliflower
1 clove Garlic
Freshly Cracked Black Pepper
1-2 tbsp Extra Light Philadelphia Cream Cheese

1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Lightly spray a frying pan with Olive Oil Spray and wipe away excess with paper towel. Brown Beef Mince until crumbly.
3. Remove mince from frying pan, getting rid of any excess fat.
4. In the same pan, fry the garlic and onion. When soft, return beef to pan.
5. Sprinkle over Corn Flour and cook, stirring, for a few minutes.
6. Add to the pan the Diced Tomatoes, Tomato Paste, Stock & Water, Black Pepper. Stir to combine.
7. Allow to simmer on a low heat for at least 10 minutes or until thickened.

MEANWHILE:
1. Cut the Cauliflower into florets and rinse. Cook Cauliflower in a saucepan of water for approximately 20 minutes or until you can insert a knife into a floret without resistance.
2. While the Cauliflower is cooking, very finely chop the garlic.
3. Drain the water from the pan and return the Cauliflower over a very low heat for a few moments, stirring, to evaporate some extra water.
4. Turn off the heat and begin to mash the Cauliflower. Add the other ingredients, Extra Light Cream Cheese (however much you want), Pepper and Garlic.
5. When you have reached a point where you don’t think you can mash it anymore, you can leave it at this point. I prefer to have it perfectly smooth, so I had a go at it with my barmix (hand blender).

TO ASSEMBLE:
1. Place the filling mixture into one large baking dish, or small ramekins (it would at least fill 8 ramekins)
2. Top with the Cauliflower Puree.
3. Bake in the oven until top slightly browns and dish is hot.

You can add mushrooms to the recipe or any other veggies