British Cottage Pie with Cranberry Beef
A crisp celeriac mash tops deeply browned beef and sweet carrots, with tart cranberries cooked into the filling.
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Ingredients
- 600 g ground beef, 15% fat
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 yellow onion, finely chopped
- 2 carrot, finely diced
- 500 g celeriac, peeled and cut into chunks
- 150 g fresh cranberries, roughly chopped
- 250 ml water
- 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
- ½ tsp salt
Method
- Brown the beef hard in a hot skillet until deeply crusted.8 min timer
- Stir in onion and carrot; cook until softened and golden.6 min timer
- Add cranberries, water and thyme; simmer until thick and jammy.15 min timer
- Boil celeriac until tender, then drain and mash with olive oil.15 min timer
- Stir parsley into the beef; spoon filling into a baking dish.
- Set aside the kids' share, top the rest with mash, then bake at 425°F until golden.20 min timerKids’ plate comes out here

Kids’ plate: Cottage pie
On the plate: A small serving of beef and carrots under plain celeriac mash.
Make it a game: Make a little hill of mash and look for tart cranberry bits hiding in the beef.
Set it aside at step 6, before the grown-ups’ sauce or spice goes on.
Why it works
- Hashimoto's thyroiditis: Beef, carrots and celeriac make a filling without soy, legumes or dairy.
- Gluten-free: The pie uses no grain, flour, stock or sauce.
- Anti-inflammatory: Beef, vegetables, cranberries, olive oil and fresh herbs fill the pie.
- Low-histamine: Fresh beef, cranberries, vegetables and water make the filling without vinegar or stock.
- Kid (4–12): Mild beef and sweet carrots sit beneath familiar mashed celeriac.
- Toddler (1–3): Soft celeriac and carrots accompany finely cut beef.
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