This Holiday Cottage Pie is as festive as it is delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving and Christmas both, make it to serve a few or a bunch! This pie freezes very well if you would like to make it ahead or gift one! Budget friendly and delicious!
Ingredients and Variations
Ingredients: Ground turkey, onions, butter, flour, dried cranberries, ground cinnamon, onion, powder, garlic powder, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper. mashed sweet potatoes.
Variations: ground sausage can be added in with the turkey, fresh, frozen cranberries can be used or your own cranberry sauce. Used the seasonings you like, use your own mashed sweet potato recipe or use my sweet potato casserole recipe: Aunt Teresa’s Sweet Potato Casserole – Jeni Gough Topping or No topping, you decide!
Ingredients
3 cups prepared sweet potatoes, mashed
1 small onion, chopped
1 lb ground turkey
4 tbsp butter, divided
2 tbsp all purpose flour
2 cups turkey or chicken broth
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp Amino acids (Braggs)
2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper
1/2 cup dried cranberries
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350° and use a 10-12 iron skillet.
- cook turkey and onions in 2 tbsp butter, when cooked, add 2 more tbsp butter and 2 tbsp flour, cook for 3 minutes.
- Whisk in broth, seasonings, mustard and cranberries. Cook until thickened.
- Make and whip sweet potatoes. Spread over turkey mixture and sprinkle topping over if using it.
- Bake at 350° for 45 minutes until top starts to brown.
Notes
- If you are cooking for a larger crowd, use a 9 x 13 baking pan and double this recipe!
