Back Country Cuisine Cottage Pie

An old Kiwi favourite to take with you on your outdoor adventures. A homemade mix of savoury mince and warm vegetables topped off with a potato topping to serve 2.

Back Country Cuisine is a range of uniquely convenient food dishes designed especially for the outdoor adventurer. Back Country Cuisine uses the finest ingredients to provide out adventurers with nourishing, sustaining and tasty meals. A complete meal, the dish you have chosen is nutritionally-balanced to meet the additional energy needs of outdoor adventurers. So enjoy the luxury of a quick and nourishing meal combined with the wonder of a great outdoor activity! 

Preparation: Simply add the required amount of hot or cold water stated on the back of each meal pouch, stir and let stand for 10 minutes. The result is a delicious hot meal wherever you may be. Check out the new added lower tear tab on all pouches, once the meal has been reconstituted just tear the lower perforation and use the pouch as a bowl. A great idea and saves getting messy hands when using your spoon or fork.

• Freeze Dri: 

Back Country Cuisine is easy to prepare and great tasting because of the features of our Freeze Dri process. This combines quick-to-hydrate, freeze-dried vegetables and meats with sauce mixes that have been processed to retain their natural flavours. The result is delicious meals that can be prepared in the pack in 10 minutes with the addition of boiling water.

In the freeze drying process, crystals of frozen ice in the food are sublimed (evaporated) to water vapour in a vacuum chamber. The result is a
completely dry product that does not shrink during the drying process. When prepared for eating, the water quickly gets into the pores left by the ice crystals to give a juicy, tender food product.

After packing, the food is heat-sealed in foil pouches from which all the air has been removed and replaced with nitrogen gas. This keeps the food safe and flavoursome for at least three years without the need for preservatives.
Back Country Cuisine meals are formulated to meet the high energy needs of outdoor activity. There is a careful balance of carbohydrates and sugars for instant energy, protein to replenish exhausted muscles and oils and fat to provide an energy store (oils and fats are kept within the recommended maximum of 30% of total energy)

Freeze drying retains the natural vitamins in the food because of the low temperatures used in processing. Along with naturally occurring minerals and the addition of salt, the meals provide vitamins and minerals necessary to stay healthy.

• Ingredients:
• Beef 20% [Beef, spices]
• Sauce [Dehydrated Vegetables, Thickener (1442), Maltodextrin (Maize), Herbs & Spices, Hydrolysed Vegetable Proteins (Maize, Soy), Sugar, Salt, Acidity Regulator (296), Yeast Extract, Vegetable Oil (Soy), Tomato Powder, Sugar, Modified Starch, Salt]
• Peas, corn, onion, carrot. Potato: potato (contains emulsifier (471), stabiliser (450), sodium metabisulphite (223), antioxidants (304, 320)) canola oil, whole milk powder, sugar, salt.
• Allergens:
• Contains milk, soy, sulphite. Manufactured in premises that process gluten, dairy, egg, soy, fish, tree nuts, sesame and sulphite products.