Dinner in 20 Minutes! 🔥 Cheesy Potato & Beef Bake - So Delicious

This Cheesy Potato and Beef Bake is proper comfort food at its finest, and it comes together so easily! Crispy golden potato cubes cooked in butter and bound with egg, spring onion and fresh dill, layered with a rich seasoned ground beef filling packed with sweet grated carrot, orange bell pepper and juicy tomatoes, then topped with more crispy potatoes and a generous blanket of melted mozzarella baked until golden and bubbling. Served with a silky creamy mushroom sauce that takes the whole thing to another level. Every forkful gives you crispy potato, savoury beef and stretchy melted cheese. This is the kind of dinner the whole family will be asking for again and again! 🥔 INGREDIENTS For the Beef Layer: - Oil — 1 tbsp - Ground beef — 500g - Onion — 1 large - Garlic — 2 cloves - Carrot — 1 large, grated - Tomato paste — 2 tbsp - Salt & black pepper — to taste - Paprika powder — 1 tbsp - Dried oregano — 1 tsp - Bell pepper — 1 large (orange) - Tomatoes — 2 large - Parsley — a bunch For the Potato Layers: - Potatoes — 500g - Butter — 4 to 5 tbsp - Salt & black pepper — to taste - Pepper flakes — ½ tsp - Eggs — 2 - Spring onions — a few stalks - Fresh dill For the Topping: - Mozzarella cheese — grated For the Creamy Mushroom Sauce (optional): - Oil — 2 tbsp - Onion — 1 small - Mushrooms — 250g - Salt & pepper — to taste - Double cream (or single cream) ⏱️ INSTRUCTIONS 1. Heat 1 tbsp oil, add the ground beef, press down and brown well 2. Add the chopped onion and stir for a few minutes 3. Cut the potatoes into small cubes, wash in water and soak for 10 minutes 4. Add the chopped garlic to the beef and stir for 1 to 2 minutes 5. Melt 4 to 5 tbsp butter in a pan, add the potatoes and stir 6. Add the grated carrot to the beef, then the tomato paste and cook for 1 to 2 minutes 7. Season the potatoes with salt, pepper and pepper flakes, cook until golden and crispy, then set aside 8. Season the beef with salt, pepper, paprika and oregano 9. Add the chopped bell peppe