http://www.recipecommunity.com.au/main-dishes-meat-recipes/cottage-pie/44741

Our Friday afternoon snack, we were off for a spot of late night shopping. The photo is poor, clearly no food styling. The kids took it out of the oven and helped themselves while I was preoccupied and slapped this piece on a plate for me, the rest was not fit to be photographed because it looked like a dog’s breakfast after they started helping themselves.

Its a super easy, tasty recipe from the community ( link above) , took note of a few comments and reduced liquid to 100g so I didn’t have to thicken it later. Add some vegetables to make it a one dish meal. Mash potato topping uses  the guided recipe for mash potato.

From Wikipedia : what is difference between cottage pie and shepherds pie ( always thought they were the same thing )

….. The term “shepherd’s pie” did not appear until 1877,and since then it has been used synonymously with “cottage pie”, regardless of whether the principal ingredient was beef or mutton. More recently, some people have used the term “shepherd’s pie” when the meat is lamb, the theory being that shepherds are concerned with sheep and not cattle……