Step-by-Step Guide to Make Quick Vegetarian cottage pie

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, Recipe of Any-night-of-the-week Vegetarian cottage pie. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Many things affect the quality of taste from Vegetarian cottage pie, starting from the type of ingredients, then the selection of fresh ingredients, the ability to cut dishes to how to make and serve them. Don't worry if you want to prepare Vegetarian cottage pie delicious at home, because if you already know the trick then this dish can be used as an extraordinary special treat.

As for the number of servings that can be served to make Vegetarian cottage pie is 6 people. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have Vegetarian cottage pie using 23 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

Lentils, swede, celeriac, parsnip and carrot, this is a root vegetable feast. It might not look like much but it tastes yummy and is the ultimate comfort food. You don’t need to use all the same veg as I did, I just happened to have them in my veg box. I added a bit of curry powder and chilli to spice things up, but again you could keep it simple. Either way, you can’t beat a good cottage pie, even if it’s veggie 🥕🥬🥔

Ingredients and spices that need to be Get to make Vegetarian cottage pie:

1. Filling
2. 1 small onion
3. 2 cloves garlic
4. 1 celery stick
5. 200 g celeriac
6. 200 g swede
7. 1 parsnip
8. 2 carrots
9. 200 g cooked lentils (I used brown)
10. 2 tsp curry powder
11. 1 tsp chilli flakes (I used chipotle)
12. 175 ml red wine
13. 500 ml veg stock
14. 1 tsp cornflour
15. 2 bay leaves
16. 1 tbsp fresh thyme
17. Seasoning
18. 1 tbsp tomato purée
19. Potato topping
20. 750 g potatoes
21. Splash milk
22. Knob butter
23. Cheese of choice for grating

Steps to make to make Vegetarian cottage pie

1. Finely chop the onion, garlic and celery and fry in a little olive oil over a medium heat in a heavy based pan with a lid until soft
2. While the onion is cooking, peel and chop the remaining veg into small cubes. Then add to the pan with a little salt and cook for 10-12 minutes until the veg starts to soften (you might want to cover loosely with a lid)
3. Turn up the heat to high and add the curry power and chilli flakes, fry for 30 secs and coat the veg, then add the red wine and herbs and reduce by half.
4. Once reduced, turn the heat back down to medium/low. Add the stock, lentils, tomato purée and cornflour and cook covered with a Loose lid for 20-30 minutes, until the veg softens (time will depend on how large you chop the veg)
5. Meanwhile make the mash topping by peeling and chopping the potatoes into equal sizes, covering with cold water and a half teaspoon of salt and bringing to the boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat, cover with a loose lid and cook until soft.
6. Once soft, drain and mash the potatoes with a splash of milk and the butter. Then preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
7. Now time to assemble the pie. Put the mixture in a deep tray, cover with the mash and top with finely grated cheese. Bake for 30 minutes until golden 😋

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