Eggplant Mushroom Cottage Pie

Hey this is Peter, a client of mine has requested my home cooked meal support.

So tonight I'm putting together a Eggplant Mushroom Cottage Pie.

And part of that recipe is I put together a ragout.

So I wanted to show you guys how I make my ragout.

[gas stove noises]

Alright here we go

Start off with a bit of onion.

And we'll put a sprinkle of salt in on top of the onion. Helps it caramelise better.

That's sizzling nicely, so we are going to add the garlic now.

Now stir.

And shake.

Also going to add rosemary, cinnamon stick and a pinch of chilli flakes.

Turn the heat down a bit.

In goes the carrot.

That's one carrot, grated

Stir that in, and turn it down again to about medium.

Alright next goes the mushrooms.

Some dried mushrooms too.

Now I'm adding a satchel of tomato paste

Cooking that tomato paste, just for about thirty seconds to get rid of the tartness. And now adding red wine, it is a shiraz.

We have to wait until that reduces a little bit.

Now I'm adding a can of crushed tomatoes.

And also some mushroom water.

which came with the dried mushrooms.

So that's it, that's my ragout

and I'm going to pause here and I'm going to come back with a special guest critic

This is my special guest critic Delilah.

I get her okay for all of my meals.

Um Delilah what do you think?

I think she approves.

She likes everything though