{"id":121443,"date":"2016-05-13T08:30:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T06:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/121443\/amanda-a-mangia-a-firm-family-favourite\/"},"modified":"2016-05-13T08:30:03","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T06:30:03","slug":"amanda-a-mangia-a-firm-family-favourite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/05\/13\/amanda-a-mangia-a-firm-family-favourite\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda A-mangia: A firm family favourite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6 medium potatoes<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>milk and butter for mash<\/p>\n<p>500g lean mince<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>1 onion, chopped<\/p>\n<p>4 cloves of garlic, minced<\/p>\n<p>2 tomatoes, chopped<\/p>\n<p>1 carrot, chopped<\/p>\n<p>1 beef stock cube<\/p>\n<p>\u00bc cup water<\/p>\n<p>1 tbsp sunflower oil for frying<\/p>\n<p>3-4 tbsp tomato paste<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd tsp thyme<\/p>\n<p>salt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n<p>\u00bd cup grated cheese to sprinkle on top of mash (optional)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peel the potatoes, slice in half and boil until soft.<\/p>\n<p>Saut\u00e9 the onion and garlic in the cooking oil. Add the mince and fry while removing lumps with a fork.\u00a0Once the mince is browned add tomatoes, tomato paste, salt, pepper and \u00a0thyme.\u00a0Add the stock cube and water.\u00a0Mix together well.\u00a0Allow to simmer for 5-10 minutes. Spoon\u00a0the mixture into a casserole dish.<\/p>\n<p>Mash the potatoes, add some milk and butter to create a soft even consistency (no lumps).\u00a0Spread the mash potato evenly over the mince mixture and sprinkle with cheese.\u00a0Place the dish under the grill for a few minutes and allow the cheese to melt and\u00a0the\u00a0mash to turn golden brown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='00a7cb29a4f2b6f4ae168f6a187f0382'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a scrumptious quick and easy recipe for cottage pie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7782,"featured_media":121444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[10988,10989,10990],"class_list":["post-121443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-cheap-ideas-for-mince","tag-cottage-pie","tag-quick-and-easy-cottage-pie"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["cheap ideas for mince","cottage pie","quick and easy cottage pie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}